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Separation of the Glucolytic Enzyme System from the Brain Cells and its Coenzymes

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NUMEROUS attempts have been made in the past, with little success, to separate the glucose-splitting enzyme system from brain cells1,2,3. The most active extract obtained hitherto had less than 1/20 of the activity of the original tissue3.

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GEIGER, A. Separation of the Glucolytic Enzyme System from the Brain Cells and its Coenzymes. Nature 141, 373 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141373a0

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