Discovery of Analogous Enzymes in Thiamin Biosynthesis by Anticorrelation
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1 Instituto de Biotecnoloǵıa, Universidad Nacional Aut. de México, AP510-3, Cuernavaca 62250, Mexico 2 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany 3 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, 13092 Berlin-Buch, Germany 4 University of Heidelberg, Dept. of Parasitology, INF 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 5 Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, p/a CMBI, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
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