Abstract
IT has been postulated1–4 that the enzymic synthesis of thymidylic acid from deoxyuridylic acid occurs according to the equations :
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McDOUGALL, B., BLAKLEY, R. Mechanism of the Action of Thymidylate Synthetase. Nature 188, 944 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188944a0
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