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. 1946;40(3):420–426. doi: 10.1042/bj0400420

The tryptophanase-tryptophan reaction

7. Further evidence regarding the mechanism of the enzymic degradation of tryptophan to indole: criticism of the theory that β-o-aminophenylacetaldehyde is the indole-forming intermediate

J W Baker 1, F C Happold 1, N Walker 1
PMCID: PMC1258366  PMID: 16748026

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