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Salvage pathway refers to a short sequence of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in the purine and pyrimidine metabolism which uses preformed purine or pyrimidine bases, or nucleosides to form nucleotides.
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(2006). Salvage Pathway. In: Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_8608
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