Essential role of mitochondria in pyrimidine metabolism

Tumor Cell Metabolism: Pathways, Regulation and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 287-311

  Löffler, Monika ^a   Carrey, Elizabeth A ^b   Zameitat, Elke ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1824-5_13     Document Type: Chapter

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