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Influence of Streptomycin and Mineral Salts in the Action of Ribonuclease

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THE influence of streptomycin sulphate (Pfizer) and chloride (Ayerst) on the action of crystalline ribonuclease, prepared according to Kunitz1, has been tested under the conditions indicated by Kunitz himself for the dosage of the activity of this enzyme.

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CERIOTTI, G. Influence of Streptomycin and Mineral Salts in the Action of Ribonuclease. Nature 163, 874 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163874a0

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