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Purines

Known as: Purine, 1H-Purine, Purines [Chemical/Ingredient] 
One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of purines are adenine and guanine. Purines are… 
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Purine salvage networks in Giardia lamblia
Purine metabolism in Giardia lamblia was investigated by monitoring incorporation of radiolabeled precursors into purine… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Distribution of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase and purine degradative and synthetic enzymes in subpopulations of human thymocytes.
Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and purine metabolic enzymes were examined in subsets of human infant thymocytes… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Tissue-dependent enzyme-mediated repair or removal of O-ethyl pyrimidines and ethyl purines in carcinogen-treated rats.
Treatment of perinatal rats with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (EtNU) leads predominantly to brain tumors. The DNA in tissues of 10-day… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Methylated purines in the deoxyribonucleic acid of various Syrian-golden-hamster tissues after administration of a hepatocarcinogenic dose of dimethylnitrosamine.
1. DNA was extracted from livers, kidneys and lungs of Syrian golden hamsters at various times (up to 96h) after injection of a… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Studies of inter- and intramolecular interaction in mononucleotides by proton magnetic resonance.
The interaction and conformation of 5’, 3’-, and 2’-nucleoside monophosphates in aqueous solutions have been studied mainly by… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
DEOXYRIBOSYL TRANSFER. I. THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE AND NUCLEOSIDE DEOXYRIBOSYLTRANSFERASE IN NORMAL AND MALIGNANT TISSUES.
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Purine-metabolizing enzymes in normal rat liver and Novikoff hepatoma.
Summary The levels of activity and the intracellular distribution of 5′-nucleotidase, nucleoside phosphorylase, adenosine… 
1955
1955
Chemical and enzymatic changes associated with mouse liver necrosis in vitro.
Chemical and enzymatic changes have been studied in mouse liver undergoing necrosis or autolysis in vitro by incubating pieces of… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
In vitro incorporation of glycine-2-C14 into purines and proteins.
Summary In vitro experiments with whole-cell preparations of Ehrlich carcinoma, Gardner lymphosarcoma, and mouse liver led to… 
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The biosynthesis of the purines.
GAR transformylase, which is responsible for the incorporation of formate carbon into what becomes position 8 of the purine ring… 
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