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. 1961 Feb;40(2):188–195. doi: 10.1172/JCI104244

THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF HEMOGLOBIN FROM IRON, PROTOPORPHYRIN AND GLOBIN*,†

Herbert C Schwartz 1,‡, Robert Goudsmit 1,§, Robert L Hill 1, George E Cartwright 1, Maxwell M Wintrobe 1
PMCID: PMC290710  PMID: 13749093

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