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Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Some Components of Growing Rat Red Cells

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THE incorporation of carbon-14 dioxide from carbonate into rat erythrocytes has been described, by Schubert et al.1. This communication is concerned with carbon dioxide fixation in the following components of rat erythrocytes: ghosts, hæmoglobin, globin and hæmatin.

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GIUSTINA, G., LAZZARINI, E. Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Some Components of Growing Rat Red Cells. Nature 181, 1285–1286 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811285a0

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