The complete lacto - N - biose I / galacto - N - biose metabolic pathway in 1 Bifidobacterium longum : identification of N - acetylhexosamine 1 - kinase
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The complete lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose metabolic pathway in 1 Bifidobacterium longum: identification of N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase* 2 3 Mamoru Nishimoto and Motomitsu Kitaoka 4 National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan 5 6 Running title: Lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose pathway in bifidobacterium 7 8 Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, 9 Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan. Phone: 81-29-838-8071. Fax: 81-29-838-7321. E-mail: 10 [email protected]. 11 12
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