Abstract
IN a report dealing with the biosynthesis of milk components by the cow, Kleiber1 described the use of sodium formate labelled with carbon-14 as one of the precursors. This communication reports the transfer of carbon-14 to the components of goat's milk when formate was the precursor.
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Kleiber, M., Proc. 4th Ann. Oak Ridge Summer Symposium, 253 (1953).
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MISLER, S., TUMERMAN, L. & ROBERTS, H. Distribution of Carbon-14 in Components of Goat's Milk, with Sodium Formate-14C as Precursor. Nature 181, 346–347 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181346a0
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