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Watanabe, J., Takashina, Y. Thermotropic Polypeptides VIII. Anomalous Phase Behavior in Low Molecular-Weight Poly(γ-octadecyl L-glutamate). Polym J 24, 709–713 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.24.709
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