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Biochemical aspects of iron-sulfur linkage in non-heme iron protein, with special reference to “Adrenodoxin”

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Abbreviations

AS:

ammonium sulfate

DEAE-cellulose:

diethyl-aminoethyl-cellulose

NADPH:

reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

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Kimura, T. (1968). Biochemical aspects of iron-sulfur linkage in non-heme iron protein, with special reference to “Adrenodoxin”. In: Structure and Bonding. Structure and Bonding, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0118845

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