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Proton-relay system of carboxypeptidase Y as a sole catalytic site: Studies on mutagenic replacement of His397.　J. Biochem., 124, 446-450 (1998).

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A large compressibility change of proteins induced by a single amino acid substitution.   Protein Science, 5, 542-545 (1996).

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Effects of D-serine on bacterial D-amino acid transaminase:  Formation of a new spectral band and inactivation of the enzyme.  Biochemistry, 28, 8798-8803 (1989).

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Inactivation of human immunodeficiency virus in vitro by gossypol.  Contraception, 39, 579-587 (1989).

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