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Superoxide dismutase activity in rabbit reticulocytes

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Reticulocytosis was induced in rabbits by bleeding anemia and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity was determined. Reticulocytes were found to contain about 1.3 times as much activity as mature erythrocytes.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 734, Hiroshima, Japan

    Y. Kobayashi, Y. Yoshimitsu, S. Okahata & T. Usui

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This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japan Medical Research Foundation and a Grant-in-Aid (Project No. 56570363) from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.

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Kobayashi, Y., Yoshimitsu, Y., Okahata, S. et al. Superoxide dismutase activity in rabbit reticulocytes. Experientia 39, 69–70 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960633

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