Peroxisomal diseases
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- DOI 10.1017/cbo9781139012102.038
- OpenAlex ID W4245324320
- Type Book-chapter
- Language EN
- Published 20 Feb 2014
- Pages 649–663
- Source Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
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Peroxisomal diseases
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General aspects of peroxisomes Peroxisomes were first identified in renal proximal tubule cells by a Swedish graduate student in 1954. Initially called microbodies, these organelles were studied intensively by de Duve and coworkers. Because they contained enzymes that both produced (e.g. amino acid and urate oxidases) and degraded (e.g. catalase) hydrogen peroxide, de Duve proposed the name peroxi…
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2 authors| # | Author | Institutions | ORCID |
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| 1 | Paul A. Watkins | Kennedy Krieger Institute (US) Johns Hopkins University (US) | |
| 2 | Kathleen B. Schwarz | Johns Hopkins University (US) Johns Hopkins Hospital (US) |
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