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Reduction of Nitrate, Nitrite and Hydroxylamine to Ammonia by Enzymes Extracted from Higher Plants

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  1. R. H. HAGEMAN: Visiting professor from the Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, and supported in part by a grant from the Rockefeller, Foundation.

  2. C. F. CRESSWELL: Boots Research Scholar.

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    R. H. HAGEMAN, C. F. CRESSWELL &  E. J. HEWITT

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HAGEMAN, R., CRESSWELL, C. & HEWITT, E. Reduction of Nitrate, Nitrite and Hydroxylamine to Ammonia by Enzymes Extracted from Higher Plants. Nature 193, 247–250 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193247a0

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