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. 1964 Oct;93(1):1–11. doi: 10.1042/bj0930001

The electroreduction of the disulphide bonds of insulin and other proteins

R Cecil 1, P D J Weitzman 1
PMCID: PMC1206174  PMID: 5838098

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