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STAPHYLOCOAGULASE has been assumed to be a single enzyme elaborated by pathogenic Staphylococci. Investigators working with purified highly concentrated staphylocoagulase have described their product as either homogeneous1 or non-homogeneous2,3 when studied by free boundary electrophoresis, ultracentrifugation, or starch column Chromatography.
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MIALE, J., WINNINGHAM, A. & KENT, J. Staphylococcal Isocoagulases. Nature 197, 392 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197392a0
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