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Permanent Set, Supercontraction, and Urea-Bisulphite Solubility–the Proton-Transfer Nature of some Changes in Keratin and the Analogy with Muscle Contraction

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SPEAKMAN, P. Permanent Set, Supercontraction, and Urea-Bisulphite Solubility–the Proton-Transfer Nature of some Changes in Keratin and the Analogy with Muscle Contraction. Nature 184, 339–342 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184339a0

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