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Changes in Rat Brain Neuraminidase during Development

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SOLUBLE enzyme preparations from various rat organs contain neuraminidase activity1,2 with brain, liver and lactating mammary glands showing the highest concentrations of enzymatic activity. I report here the changes in neuraminidase activity which were observed in developing rat brains.

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  1. Biochemistry Section, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry School of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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CARUBELLI, R. Changes in Rat Brain Neuraminidase during Development. Nature 219, 955–956 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219955a0

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