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Electron Spin Resonance Investigations of Ultra-violet and X-irradiated Bovine Serum Albumin

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WE have already reported1 that the radicals of methionine produced by X-rays at room temperature may be quenched by ultra-violet light. Corresponding investigations with bovine serum albumin show a quite different behaviour, and initial results with this substance are now reported.

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KOCH, R., MÖNIG, H. Electron Spin Resonance Investigations of Ultra-violet and X-irradiated Bovine Serum Albumin. Nature 203, 859–860 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203859a0

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