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Precursors of Protoporphyrin in Chlorella

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ON the basis of studies of Chlorella mutants a biosynthetic chain has been formulated leading from protoporphyrin through Mg protoporphyrin, Mg vinyl pheoporphyrin and protochlorophyll finally to chlorophyll1. We have recently isolated a Chlorella mutant which promises to reveal some of the precursor porphyrins leading up to protoporphyrin.

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  1. LAWRENCE BOGORAD: Merck Fellow in the Natural Sciences of the National Research Council.

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BOGORAD, L., GRANICK, S. Precursors of Protoporphyrin in Chlorella. Nature 170, 321 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170321a0

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