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Editorial
. 2017 Sep;8(5):471-474.
doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2017.06.001. Epub 2017 Jun 7.

Uric acid and life on earth

Rashad Barsoum  1 , Mohammed El-Khatib  1
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Editorial

Uric acid and life on earth

Rashad Barsoum et al. J Adv Res. 2017 Sep.
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Fig. 1
Broad lines of purine metabolism showing the de novo and salvage synthetic pathways.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Degradation steps of uric acid into ammonia and carbon dioxide, showing the key enzymes available to different living organisms.
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