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. 1964 Jul;92(1):8–18. doi: 10.1042/bj0920008

Soluble derivatives of feather keratin. 1. Isolation, fractionation and amino acid composition

B S Harrap 1, E F Woods 1
PMCID: PMC1215430  PMID: 5840390

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