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A Possible Role of Phosphate in Regulating Phosphatase-level in the Rat Kidney

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THE part played by phosphate in repressing alkaline phosphatase formation has been described in E. coli1–3; the first results of research on the possibility of an analogous regulation in rat kidney are presented here.

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MELANI, F., RAMPONI, G., GUERRITORE, A. et al. A Possible Role of Phosphate in Regulating Phosphatase-level in the Rat Kidney. Nature 201, 710–711 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201710b0

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