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Effect of Protein Depletion on Amino-acid Activating Enzymes of Rat Liver

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EXPERIMENTS conducted with 35S-methionine and 14C-lysine provide support of the hypothesis that depletion of protein induces a modification in the distribution and utilization of amino-acids for protein synthesis.

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MARIANI, A., SPADONI, M. & TOMASSI, G. Effect of Protein Depletion on Amino-acid Activating Enzymes of Rat Liver. Nature 199, 378–379 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199378a0

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