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Amino Acids and Peptides Volume 17
A Specialist Periodical Report
Amino Acids and Peptides Volume 17
A Review of the Literature Published during 1984 Senior Reporter J. H. Jones, University of Oxford Reporters G. C. Barrett, Oxford Polytechnic J. Brennan, UMIST J. S. Davies, University College of Swansea 1. J. Galpin, University of Liverpool P. M. Hardy, University of Exeter R. W. Hay, University of Stirling K. B. Nolan, University of Surrey
The Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington House, London W l V OBN
ISBN 0-85186-154-7 ISSN 0269-7521
Copyright 0 1986 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
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Preface It became apparent as the fifteenth and sixteenth volumes of ‘Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins’ were being assembl