The role of glutamine oxidation and the purine nucleotide cycle for adaptation of tumour energetics to the transition from the anaerobic to the aerobic state.
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SUBMITTER: Kovacevic Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1149156 | biostudies-other | 1988 Jun
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