No 7, respectively; or displays at least 80% homology with one or more of these amino acid sequences; and displays immunological cross reactivity with {HEAD ~ an antibody} raised against an α amylase having one of these amino acid sequences; and is encoded by a DNA sequence which hybridizes with the same probe as {TAIL ~ a DNA sequence} encoding an α amylase having one of these amino acid sequences; in which variant: 
No 7 , respectively ; or displays at least 80 % homology with one or more of these amino acid sequences ; and displays immunological cross reactivity with { HEAD ~ an antibody } raised against an α amylase having one of these amino acid sequences ; and is encoded by a DNA sequence which hybridizes with the same probe as { TAIL ~ a DNA sequence } encoding an α amylase having one of these amino acid sequences ; in which variant :
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