Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
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Chapter 7, Problem 42P
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The order of the intermediates in the glutamine and proline pathways and the point at which each mutant is blocked.
Introduction:
It is given that the biosynthesis pathways for the amino acids glutamine and proline involve one or more common intermediates.
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