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Free choline in sea urchin embryos (Paracentrotus lividus)

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A sensitive radio-enzymatic assay for choline, applied to extracts of developing sea urchin embryos, revealed that free choline in eggs declines during cleavage and rises abruptly previous to gastrulation, indicating an important shift in choline metabolism between these two stages.

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  1. Departments of Biology, McGill University, Station A, P. O. Box 6070, H3C 3G1, Montreal, Canada

    N. Wolfson, M. Acara & B. Rennick

  2. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

    N. Wolfson, M. Acara & B. Rennick

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Wolfson, N., Acara, M. & Rennick, B. Free choline in sea urchin embryos (Paracentrotus lividus). Experientia 33, 38–39 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936740

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