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Low Cyst(e)ine Content of Bacterial Extracellular Proteins: Its Possible Physiological Significance

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POLLOCK, M., RICHMOND, M. Low Cyst(e)ine Content of Bacterial Extracellular Proteins: Its Possible Physiological Significance. Nature 194, 446–449 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194446a0

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