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EMPLOYING Haworth's end-group assay method, it has already been shown that rabbit liver glycogen formed under normal conditions has a chemical molecule built up of a chain of 12 glucose units1,2. Fish (Gadidae) liver glycogen also conforms to this structure2.
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Haworth and Percival, J. Chem. Soc., 2277 (1932).
Bell, NATURE, 136, 184 (1935); Biochem. J., 29, 2031 (1935).
Haworth, Pres. to Chem. Sec. of Brit. Ass., p. 41 (1935).
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BELL, D. Length of Saccharide Chains in Glycogens from Different Sources. Nature 138, 289 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138289a0
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