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van der Donk and Tang Discover Unusual Enzyme Activity

01/22/13

Professor van der Donk and graduate student Weixin Tang discovered some unexpected enzyme activity in the production of the protein cytolysin by Enterococcus faecalis. This research was highlighted by the UI News Bureau and in Nature Chemical Biology.

For the UI News Bureau article by Diana Yates, please click here.

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