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Measuring Cation Transport by Na,K- and H,K-ATPase in Xenopus Oocytes by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry: An Alternative to Radioisotope Assays
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[Change in the ATP content in the cells of Anabaena variabilis]

O Iu Sentsova, K A Nikitina, M V Gusev

    Mikrobiologiia
    |July 1, 1975
    PubMed

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