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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Research Article

Dependence of glycine conjugation on availability of glycine: role of the glycine cleavage system

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Pages 141-153 | Received 20 May 1992, Accepted 03 Oct 1992, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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