Folate biosynthesis, reduction, and polyglutamylation and the interconversion of folate derivatives

EcoSal Plus

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Green, Jacalyn M ^a   Matthews, Rowena G ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.3.6.3.6     Document Type: Article

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