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Specificity in Chemical and Enzymatic Oxidations of Glucose Anomers

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BENTLEY, R. Specificity in Chemical and Enzymatic Oxidations of Glucose Anomers. Nature 176, 870–873 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176870a0

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