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. 1960 Oct 1;8(2):546–550. doi: 10.1083/jcb.8.2.546

CYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF DEHYDROGENASE AND DIAPHORASE ACTIVITY IN BACILLUS MEGATERIUM

R Hess 1, F M Dietrich 1
PMCID: PMC2224926  PMID: 13713924

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