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Identification of N-2 : 4-Dinitrophenylamino-Acids

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IDENTIFICATION of the free amino-groups of proteins by converting them into N-2 : 4-dinitrophenyl derivatives was first introduced by Sanger1. Since then, several workers have evolved chromatographic methods for the separation of the dinitrophenyl amino-acids.

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LOWTHER, A. Identification of N-2 : 4-Dinitrophenylamino-Acids. Nature 167, 767–768 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167767b0

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