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IN a recent review1 of the biological action of X-and gamma-rays, the conclusion is reached that only enormous doses of X-rays have an appreciable destructive effect on enzymes and that enzymes therefore play no important part in explaining the effect of X-rays on living tissues.
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DALE, W. Effect of X-Rays on Carboxypeptidase. Nature 145, 977 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145977a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145977a0
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