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Fœtal Hæmoglobin in the Monkey

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A NUMBER of well-defined physico-chemical differences exist between human adult and fœtal hæmoglobins. These include their electrophoretic and chromatographic behaviour under defined conditions, a large difference in alkali denaturation rates, and the changed position and contour of the tryptophan fine-structure band.

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BEAVEN, G., GRATZER, W. Fœtal Hæmoglobin in the Monkey. Nature 184, 1730 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841730a0

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