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Hypoxanthine Transport in Human Erythrocytes

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Purine Metabolism in Man—III

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De novo synthesis of purines does not appear to take place in mature human erythrocytes because the enzymes for the pathway are absent1. Therefore purine bases should be normally have to be supplied exogenously to erythrocytes.

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  1. Istituti di Reumatologia e di Chimica Biologica, Università di Roma e Centro di Biologia Molecolare del C.N.R., Roma, Italia

    Costantino Salerno & Alessandro Giacomello

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  1. Costantino Salerno
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  1. Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

    Aurelio Rapado

  2. M.R.C. Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, England

    R. W. E. Watts

  3. Department of Human Genetics, University of Nijmegen Faculty of Medicine, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Chris H. M. M. De Bruyn

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Salerno, C., Giacomello, A. (1980). Hypoxanthine Transport in Human Erythrocytes. In: Rapado, A., Watts, R.W.E., De Bruyn, C.H.M.M. (eds) Purine Metabolism in Man—III. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 122B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8559-2_13

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