Studies on the Enzymatic Synthesis of Cholesterol: Use of a Liver Acetone Powder

Overview

Journal Lipids

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1971 Mar 1

PMID 4396848

Citations 2

Authors

T J SCALLEN

M W Schuster

A K Dhar

H B. Skrdlant

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