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- noun organic chemistry  The tricyclic heterocycle in which twobenzene rings are fused to that offuran ; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar todioxins 
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								Gibson, D.T.: Regio - and stereospecific oxidation of fluorene, dibenzofuran, and dibenzothiophene by naphthalene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 9816-4. Recently Uploaded Slideshows arab2000.forumpro.fr@slideshare.net(arab2000.forum 2009 
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								[11] S dibenzofuran + NADH + O2 (naphthalene dioxygenase activity in cells induced by salicylate [15]) (Reversibility:? Recently Uploaded Slideshows arab2000.forumpro.fr@slideshare.net(arab2000.forum 2009 
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