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IN a previous communication1 we described a method for the determination of the distribution of adenine residues in DNA. This involved the oxidation of DNA (I) with potassium permanganate to give ODNA (II) in which all the guanine, cytosine and thymine groups had been oxidized to ureido groups.
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JONES, A., WALKER, R. Distribution of Adenine Residues in Deoxyribonucleic Acids. Nature 202, 1108–1109 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021108a0
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