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Specificity of Cleavage of Chitotriose by Lysozyme

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AFTER the recent determination of the structure of lysozyme in the crystalline state1 we have become interested in chemical and kinetic approaches to the study of its mechanism of action in solution.

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DAHLQUIST, F., RAFTERY, M. Specificity of Cleavage of Chitotriose by Lysozyme. Nature 213, 625–626 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213625a0

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