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IT is known that if the specific spatial arrangement of the peptide chains of some proteins, such as egg albumin and serum albumin, is altered by heat, they coagulate and lose many of their specific properties. This phenomenon of denaturation is generally irreversible.
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TEKMAN, S., ÖNER, K. Paper Electrophoresis of Heat-treated Serum Albumin in the Presence of Congo Red. Nature 204, 287–288 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204287a0
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