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THE chemical investigation of the ‘dextran’ formed when Leuconostoc dextranicum is grown on media containing sucrose1 has given information concerning the structure of the polysaccharide and has revealed facts which have a bearing on the general biological question of enzymatic synthesis.
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Carruthers, A., and Cooper, E. A., Biochem. J., 30, 1001 (1936).
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PEAT, S., STACEY, M. & SCHLÜCHTERER, E. The Polysaccharide produced from Sucrose by Leuconostoc dextranicum. Nature 141, 876 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141876a0
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