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IN view of the frequency with which the results of Bowes and Moss1 are quoted as indicating that only about 60 per cent of the ɛ-amino groups of lysine in collagen are available for reaction with fluorodinitrobenzene (FDNB), we should like to put on record the following observations.
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BOWES, J., RAISTRICK, A. & Moss, J. Reactivity of the ɛ-Amino Group of Collagen. Nature 208, 1094–1095 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081094a0
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