Seifert J. Reutilization of preformed pyrimidines for the synthesis of DNA in rat liver and kidney.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1982;
128:277-80. [PMID:
7173210 DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1982.tb06962.x]
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Abstract
The specific activities of rat liver and kidney DNA pyrimidines increase in animals which have had [2-14C]-orotic acid administered several days before killing. This phenomenon is caused by the reutilization of the preformed labeled pyrimidine components originating mainly from degraded RNAs of the organism.
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