Tissues that are unable to produce nucleotides de novo depend on ____________________ to maintain an adequate supply of adenine nucleotides. (A) the redox reactions carried out by ribonucleotide reductase (B) the action of PRPP amidotransferase (C) uptake of ATP through dietary intake (D) salvaging hypoxanthine using HGPRT (E) the action of xanthine oxidase

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Tissues that are unable to produce nucleotides de novo depend on ____________________ to maintain an adequate supply of adenine nucleotides.

(A) the redox reactions carried out by ribonucleotide reductase (B) the action of PRPP amidotransferase
(C) uptake of ATP through dietary intake
(D) salvaging hypoxanthine using HGPRT

(E) the action of xanthine oxidase

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