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. 1964 Apr;91(1):17–24. doi: 10.1042/bj0910017

The distribution of reactive disulphide bonds in wool. Reductive and oxidative studies

P H Springell 1,*, J M Gillespie 1, A S Inglis 1, J A Maclaren 1
PMCID: PMC1202809  PMID: 5897282

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