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. 1959 May;72(1):14–22. doi: 10.1042/bj0720014

The biosynthesis of porphyrins from porphobilinogen by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

H Heath 1, D S Hoare 1
PMCID: PMC1196874  PMID: 13651129

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