Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 13.6, Problem 3TQ
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The level of radioactivity observed in isolated TCA (tricarboxylic acid) intermediates and a curve that shows the level of radioactivity as a function of the number of rounds of the cycle.
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TCA (tricarboxylic acid) cycle also known by the name citric acid cycle is defined as a series of
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