A N-methyltransferase in human brain catalyses N-methylation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline into N-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline, a precursor of a dopaminergic neurotoxin, N-methylisoquinolinium ion
- 30 June 1989
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Vol. 161 (3), 1213-1219
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-291x(89)91371-5
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