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. 1963 Jun;87(3):462–472. doi: 10.1042/bj0870462

Control of porphyrin biosynthesis through a negative-feedback mechanism. Studies with preparations of δ-aminolaevulate synthetase and δ-aminolaevulate dehydratase from Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

B F Burnham 1,*, June Lascelles 1
PMCID: PMC1201984  PMID: 14041439

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