Cytochrome c takes on plasmalogen catabolism

Howard Goldfine1

  • 1From the Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 goldfinh@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

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