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Multiple Forms of Human Brain Mitochondrial Monoamine Oxidase

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Monoamine oxidase exists in at least four molecular forms in different areas of the human brain. Variations in their enzymatic properties may have important clinical implications, perhaps reflecting their relative ability to degrade different monoamine substrates in vivo.

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COLLINS, G., SANDLER, M., WILLIAMS, E. et al. Multiple Forms of Human Brain Mitochondrial Monoamine Oxidase. Nature 225, 817–820 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225817a0

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