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Glutamate dehydrogenase activity in subcellular fractions of mouse fibrosarcoma

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Glutamate dehydrogenase activity was found to be present at a high level in neoplastic cytosol and microsomes, 3.45 and 9.90 nmoles NADH/min mg protein, respectively. This remains in accordance with the high rate of RNA and protein synthesis in the neoplastic process.

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  1. Department of Biology, Texas Southern University, 77004, Houston, Texas, USA

    Marian Hillar & Billy Lennox

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This research was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute No. RR 08061.

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Hillar, M., Lennox, B. Glutamate dehydrogenase activity in subcellular fractions of mouse fibrosarcoma. Mol Biol Rep 5, 251–252 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00782898

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