Abstract
Synthetic poly-α-amino-acids (proteinoids) are prepared by heating together suitable proportions of eighteen common amino-acids. Proteinoids which more closely resemble proteins in amino-acid composition can now be prepared from reactants augmented with lysine and neutral amino-acids.
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ROHLFING, D. Thermal Poly-α-amino-acids containing Low Proportions of Aspartic Acid. Nature 216, 657–659 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216657a0
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