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Fibres of Human Sodium Deoxyribonucleate and Nucleoprotein Studied in Polarized Light by a Simple Method

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IN the course of studies upon deoxyribonucleic acids and nucleoproteins of human tissues, samples have been prepared by variations of the method of Mirsky and Pollister1, and have yielded fibres suitable for study in polarized light.

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WHITE, J., ELMES, P. Fibres of Human Sodium Deoxyribonucleate and Nucleoprotein Studied in Polarized Light by a Simple Method. Nature 169, 151–152 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169151a0

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