Biochemical and structural characterization of mouse mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase, a newly identified kynurenine aminotransferase-IV.

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Published in Biosci Rep on October 01, 2011

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Qian Han1, Howard Robinson, Tao Cai, Danilo A Tagle, Jianyong Li

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1: Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.

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