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Pyrrolidone: a Chemical Group of Particular Significance to Differentiation

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THE inquiry into whether or not the naturally occurring tissue components of general distribution play a part in developmental growth has brought out that each amino-acid and nucleic acid derivative has its own separate and peculiar effect upon the growth of Obelia geniculata1.

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  1. Marine Experimental Station, Lakenau Hospital Research Institute, North Truro, Massachusetts

    FREDERICK S. HAMMETT

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HAMMETT, F. Pyrrolidone: a Chemical Group of Particular Significance to Differentiation. Nature 141, 82–83 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141082b0

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