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β AMINO-isoBUTYRIC acid is a metabolic degradation product of thymine1,2, but its relation to the catabolism of endogenous deoxyribonucleic acid has remained uncertain. In the present c ommunication we present results which elucidate the catabolic fate of that fraction of thymine originating from endogenous deoxyribonucleic acid and reflected in the urinary excretion of β-amino-isobutyric acid.
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GERBER, G., GERBER, G. & ALTMAN, K. Urinary Excretion of β-Amino-isobutyric Acid after Injection of Thymidine labelled with Tritium. Nature 187, 956–957 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187956a0
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