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Kinetics of amino acid incorporation into serum proteins

H GREEN, H S ANKER

    The Journal of General Physiology
    |January 20, 1955
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AMINO ACIDS/metabolismBLOOD PROTEINSBODY TEMPERATUREAmino acid metabolismSerum protein turnoverThermal physiologyProtein synthesis regulation

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