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. 1957 Feb;73(2):225–229. doi: 10.1128/jb.73.2.225-229.1957

REDUCTIVE DEGRADATION OF PYRIMIDINES II. Clostridium uracilicum

Mechanism of Uracil Degradation by1

L Leon Campbell Jr a
PMCID: PMC289779  PMID: 13416174

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