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NATURE has often used the trick of having a functional group carried by a larger structure of polypeptide character. This idea prompted me to use a polypeptide, namely polyserine, as carrier of groups with cytotoxicity and latent cytotoxicity.
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SZEKERKE, M. Syntheses of Poly-DL-Serine Derivatives containing Cytotoxic Groups. Nature 199, 280 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199280a0
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