Isotope labeled sugars degradation

To broaden the scope of his interests, he spent another year as a postdoctoral fellow in the Physics Department of Pennsylvania State University, working on the X-ray analysis of biological compounds. Equipped with an exceptionally broad and multidisciplinary education and experience, he proceeded to The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, to work with Professor M. L. Wolfrom. His initial job was to investigate the ignition of cellulose nitrate, a project left over from World War II. In Fred s hands, this project was turned into an isotopic investigation of the biosynthesis and degradation of cellulose. At this time, there was very little known about the preparation of specifically labeled sugars, let alone the biosynthesis of... 

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