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THE occurrence in nasal mucosa of a substance capable of lysing certain bacteria was noted by Fleming1, and this or a similar compound was later obtained from egg-white by Wolff2 who, however, did not recognize the true chemical nature of the substance. Meyer, Thompson, Palmer and Khorazo3, adopting an entirely different procedure, showed that lysozyme is a protein giving some of the typical reactions ; they also quoted analytical data.
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Fleming, A., Proc. Roy. Soc., B, 93, 306 (1922).
Wolff, L. K., Z. Immunitätsforsch., 50, 88 ; 54, 188 (1927).
Meyer, K., Thompson, R., Palmer, J. W., and Khorazo, D., J. Biol. Chem., 113, 303 (1936).
Holiday, E. R., Biochem. J., 30, 1795 (1936).
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ABRAHAM, E., ROBINSON, R. Crystallization of Lysozyme. Nature 140, 24 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140024a0
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