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Effect of Lithium Ions on the Penetration of Phosphate into Xenopus Embryos

Nature volume 179, pages 823–824 (1957)Cite this article

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BY means of the isotope phosphorus-32, it can be shown that embryos of Xenopus laevis, in normal culture conditions, take up very small quantities of orthophosphate.

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THOMASON, D. Effect of Lithium Ions on the Penetration of Phosphate into Xenopus Embryos. Nature 179, 823–824 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179823a0

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