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Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase: an Old Enzyme with New Functions?

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Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man VIII

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This short review summarizes the recent work that we have performed on the biochemical and structural properties of nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinase.

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Véron, M. et al. (1995). Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase: an Old Enzyme with New Functions?. In: Sahota, A., Taylor, M.W. (eds) Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man VIII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 370. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2584-4_126

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