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. 1962 Jan;82(1):26–35. doi: 10.1042/bj0820026

Analogues of folic acid and the activity of dihydrofolic acids in the synthesis of methionine by Escherichia coli

J R Guest 1,*, D D Woods 1
PMCID: PMC1243401  PMID: 13902735

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