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. 1966 Feb;45(2):165–172. doi: 10.1172/JCI105328

Fatty acid biosynthesis in human erythrocytes: evidence in mature erythrocytes for an incomplete long chain fatty acid synthesizing system.

J G Pittman, D B Martin
PMCID: PMC292680  PMID: 4379089

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