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Simplified Notation for Peptides in Computer Compatible Format

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Prompted by comment in Nature (218, 10; 1968) Mrs Revesz points out that the system for nomenclature of peptides recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Biochemistry is most suitable for processing by computers.

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  1. Smith, E. G., The Wiswesser Line-Formula Chemical Notation (McGraw–Hill Book Company, New York, 1968).

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  2. IUPAC–IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (in the press).

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REVESZ, G. Simplified Notation for Peptides in Computer Compatible Format. Nature 219, 1113 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191113a0

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