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. 1959 Jul;72(3):396–400. doi: 10.1042/bj0720396

Biosynthesis of diaminopimelic acid and lysine in Escherichia coli. 1. The incorporation of 14C from various organic precursors into the diaminopimelic acid of a lysine-requiring mutant

Pauline Meadow 1,*, Elizabeth Work 1,†
PMCID: PMC1196945  PMID: 16748796

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