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Human Red-cell Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenases

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SINCE the advent of starch-gel electrophoresis various enzymes, including serum cholinesterase1, erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase2 and erythrocyte acid phosphatase3, have been demonstrated to exist in human beings in different genetically determined modifications. We report here a procedure for the detection of human red-cell 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-PGD) by starch-gel electrophoresis, and the existence of this enzyme in different genetically determined forms.

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FILDES, R., PARR, C. Human Red-cell Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenases. Nature 200, 890–891 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200890a0

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