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Studies on the biosynthesis of cholesterol. 10. Mevalonic kinase and phosphomevalonic kinase from liver

Haim Levy, G. Popják

Biochemical Journal · 1960 · 102 citations · 12 references

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After the discovery that mevalonic acid was a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholesterol (Tavormnina, Gibbs & Huff, 1956), it was shown that liver preparations (Popjak, Gosselin, Gore & Gould, 1958) as well as yeast extracts (Amdur,

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