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  • verb transitive to remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases)

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Examples

  • (A) DndA protein data that have been used to predict its putative biological function as a likely cysteine desulfur-transferase in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • The DndA protein is a likely cysteine desulfur-transferase that is proposed to provide sulphur via its L-cysteine desulfurylase activity (see

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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