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In Vitro Synthesis and Analysis of Plant (1→3)-β-d-glucans and Cellulose: A Key Step Towards the Characterization of Glucan Synthases

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Bulone, V. (2007). In Vitro Synthesis and Analysis of Plant (1→3)-β-d-glucans and Cellulose: A Key Step Towards the Characterization of Glucan Synthases. In: Brown, R.M., Saxena, I.M. (eds) Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5380-1_8

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