Isolation of chitin synthetase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Purification of an enzyme by entrapment in the reaction product.

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Published in J Biol Chem on December 10, 1984

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M S Kang, N Elango, E Mattia, J Au-Young, P W Robbins, E Cabib

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