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Structure of Vitamin B12 : The Crystal Structure of the Hexacarboxylic Acid derived from B12 and the Molecular Structure of the Vitamin

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  1. Laboratory of Chemical Crystallography, Oxford

    DOROTHY CROWFOOT HODGKIN, JENNY PICKWORTH & JOHN H. ROBERTSON

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

    KENNETH N. TRUEBLOOD & RICHARD J. PROSEN

  3. Frick Laboratory, Princeton

    JOHN G. WHITE

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HODGKIN, D., PICKWORTH, J., ROBERTSON, J. et al. Structure of Vitamin B12 : The Crystal Structure of the Hexacarboxylic Acid derived from B12 and the Molecular Structure of the Vitamin. Nature 176, 325–328 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176325a0

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