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. 1991 Sep 15;278(Pt 3):901–903. doi: 10.1042/bj2780901

Action of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase on uroporphyrinogen-III: a reassessment of the clockwise decarboxylation hypothesis.

T D Lash
PMCID: PMC1151434  PMID: 1898378

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