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The biosynthesis of porphyrins

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This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service (A-1101 (C7)), from the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Commitee on Growth of the National Research Council, from the Rockefeller Foundation and from the Williams-Waterman Fund.

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Shemin, D. The biosynthesis of porphyrins. Ergebnisse der Physiologie und exper. Pharmakologie 49, 299–326 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02269486

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