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Macromolecular Weight and Size of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids

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RECENT measurements of the weight of deoxy-pentose nucleic acid molecules extracted from calf thymus1, pneumococcus-transforming principle2 and E. coli 3 have yielded values close to six million. The possibility of a constant molecular weight with its consequent implications has already been noted1.

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  1. Medical Research Council Biophysics Research Unit, King's College, London

    GEOFFREY L. BROWN

  2. Wheatstone Physics Laboratory, King's College, London, W.C.2

    MARJORIE B. M'EWEN & MARGARET I. PRATT

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BROWN, G., M'EWEN, M. & PRATT, M. Macromolecular Weight and Size of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids. Nature 176, 161–162 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176161a0

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