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Hydroxylysine in Wool

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CONTROVERSIAL results1–5 on the hydroxylysine content of wool were due to the difficulty of analysis of hydroxylysine at very low concentrations. We have now been able to identify and estimate hydroxylysine in wool by application of new methods.

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KERSTEN, H., ZÜRN, L. Hydroxylysine in Wool. Nature 184, 1490–1491 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841490a0

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