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IN the course of our investigations on peptides containing serine, we tried to bring about N-O-acyl shift at the serine residue using anhydrous formic acid as described by Josefsson and Edman1.
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KIENHUIS, H., BLASSE, G. & MATZE, J. Action of Anhydrous Formic Acid on Peptides and Proteins. Nature 184, 2015–2016 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1842015a0
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