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Science 28 March 1969:
Vol. 163. no. 3874, pp. 1463 - 1464
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3874.1463
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Allantoinase: Association with Amphibian Hepatic Peroxisomes

Louis P. Visentin 1 and John M. Allen 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Michigan, Annl Arbor 48104

Differential and density-gradient centrifugation studies have estaiblished an associatiotn between allaintoinase and peroxisomes from the liver of the frog Rana pipiens. The presence of allantoincase in the peroxisome indicates. a iricolytic function for this orgainelle in the liver of amphibians.


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