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Amino-acids, Peptides, and Proteins Volume 13 A Specialist Periodical Report Amino-acids, Peptides, and Proteins Volume 13 A Review of the Literature Published during 1980 Senior Reporter R. C. Sheppard, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Reporters B Adams University of Newcastle upon Tyne S M Alwan PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wilts. A Atkinson PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wilts. G C Barrett Oxford Polytechnic A Benson University of Newcastle upon Tyne H C Beyerman Technische Hogeschool, Delft, The Netherlands D Brandenburg Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut, Aachen, West Germany T Brittain University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand D H Coy Tulane University, Louisiana, USA R Devonshire University of Sheffield D P E Dickson University of Liverpool A Electricwala PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wilts. I J Galpin University of Liverpool A J Ga rma n Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Epsom, Surrey P Hammond PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wilts. G \Rc Hardy Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenharn, Kent P M Hardy University of Exeter R W Hay University of Stirling P Hughes PHL S Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wilts. (continued overleaf) The Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington House, London W1 V OBN British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Amino-acids, peptides, and proteins.-Vol. 13.(Specialist periodical report/Royal Society of Chemistry) 1. Amino acids - Periodicals 2. Peptides -Periodicals 3. Proteins - Periodicals I. Royal Society of Chemistry 11. Series 547.7'5'05 QD431.Al ISBN 0-85 186-1 14-8 ISSN 0306-0004 Copyright 0 1982 The Royal Society of Chemistry All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means-graphic, electronic, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems-without written permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry Reporters (continued) P D Jeffrey Australian National University, Canberra, Australia W Klis Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, USA M Manning Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, USA W D Mercer Queen's University of Nothern Ireland, Belfast L W Nichol Australian National University, Canberra, Australia R H Pain University of Newcastle upon Tyne J Ramachandran University of California, California, USA H W E Rattle Portsmouth Polytechnic P D Roy Oce-Andeno B.V., Venlo, The Netherlands B Samraoui University of Oxford D Saunders Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut, Aachen, West Germany W H Sawyer Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, USA M Scawen PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wilts. R. F . Sherwood PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down. Wilts. R A G Smith Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Epsom, Surrey R. M . Stephens Portsmouth Polytechnic M Sternberg University of Oxford D Voskamp Technische Hogeschool, Delft, The Netherlands D Williams University of Cardiff D J Winzor Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Organicformulae composed by Wright's Symbolset method Typeset and printed in Great Britain by John Wright & Sons (Printing) Ltd. at The Stonebridge Press, Bristol Preface This thirteenth Report reviews papers relevant to the chemistry of amino-acids, peptides, and proteins published in the main journals during 1980.