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Altered Biosynthesis

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Handbook of Teratology

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Biosynthesis is essential to life. All living organisms require the synthesis of such macromolecules as DNA, the RNAs, and various structural and enzyme proteins. The synthesis of macromolecules is in turn dependent upon the synthesis or availability of precursors—the building blocks—and of ATP, the energy needed to put them together, as well as that required for the organism to function.

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Ritter, E.J. (1977). Altered Biosynthesis. In: Wilson, J.G., Fraser, F.C. (eds) Handbook of Teratology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8933-4_5

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