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DURING an investigation of the metabolic patterns of ultra-violet-induced mutants in Aspergillus terreus Thom1,2, a soluble, cell-free enzymatic extract, that can oxidize itaconic acid to itatartaric acid, was prepared from the mycelium of a morphologically altered variant.
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ARPAI, J. Itaconicoxidase: an Enzyme from an Ultra-Violet-induced Mutant of Aspergillus terreus . Nature 182, 661–662 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182661a0
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