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. 1953 Sep;39(9):901–905. doi: 10.1073/pnas.39.9.901

A Light Activation Phenomenon in the Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Reduction of Tetrazolium Salts*

Walter J Nickerson 1, Joseph R Merkel 1,
PMCID: PMC1063878  PMID: 16589351

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