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Zheng-Juan Wang1, Jia Yuan1, Lin Tang1

  • 1Department of Neurology, State Key Lab of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China; Institute of Brain Science and Brain-inspired Technology of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications
|November 7, 2024
PubMed
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尼古丁胺胺氨基二核酸 (NAD+) 对细胞功能至关重要. 这项研究使大肠杆菌产生NMN,NAD+前体,并确定了Nadv的结构,揭示了NMN合成的洞察力.

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