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Prevalence and Significance of the Product Inhibition of Enzymes

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FRIEDEN, E., WALTER, C. Prevalence and Significance of the Product Inhibition of Enzymes. Nature 198, 834–837 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198834a0

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