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Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Rhodospirillum rubrum

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WE have investigated the ability of the photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum, to deaminate aminopurines and aminopyrimidines.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth

    T. W. GOODWIN & P. N. A. PASSORN

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GOODWIN, T., PASSORN, P. Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Rhodospirillum rubrum. Nature 191, 276–277 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191276a0

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