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Phenylalanine Inhibition of Tyrosine Metabolism in the Liver

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BICKIS, I., KENNEDY, J. & QUASTEL, J. Phenylalanine Inhibition of Tyrosine Metabolism in the Liver. Nature 179, 1124–1126 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791124a0

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