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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102902

The Biosynthesis of Squalene from Acetate in Man

Maxwell L. Eidinoff, Robert S. Rosenfeld, Joseph E. Knoll, Benjamin J. Marano, and Leon Hellman

Division of Physics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

Division of Biophysics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

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This work was supported in part by contract AT (30-1)-910 with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in part by a grant (C-440) from the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.

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Division of Physics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

Division of Biophysics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

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This work was supported in part by contract AT (30-1)-910 with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in part by a grant (C-440) from the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.

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Division of Physics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

Division of Biophysics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

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This work was supported in part by contract AT (30-1)-910 with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in part by a grant (C-440) from the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.

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Division of Physics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

Division of Biophysics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

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This work was supported in part by contract AT (30-1)-910 with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in part by a grant (C-440) from the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.

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Division of Physics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

Division of Biophysics and of Steroid Biochemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 21, N. Y.

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This work was supported in part by contract AT (30-1)-910 with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in part by a grant (C-440) from the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.

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Published March 1, 1954 - More info

Published in Volume 33, Issue 3 on March 1, 1954
J Clin Invest. 1954;33(3):333–336. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102902.
© 1954 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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