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Enzyme assay of sialic acid 9-phosphate synthase (SPS)

Di Wu  1 , Ken Kitajima  1
Shoko Nishihara, Kiyohiko Angata, Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita, Jun Hirabayashi
, editors.
In: Glycoscience Protocols (GlycoPODv2) [Internet]. Saitama (JP): Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology; 2021.
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