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Amino-acids, Peptides, and Proteins Volume 15
A Specialist Periodical Report
Amino-acids, Peptides, and Proteins Volume 15
A Review of the Literature Published during 1982 Senior Reporter J H Jones University of Oxford Reporters A Atkinson PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wiltshire G C Barrett Oxford Polytechnic T Brittain University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand R Cassels Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Epsom, Surrey S Craig University of Newcastle upon Tyne D P E Dickson University of Liverpool A Electricwala PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wiltshire J Gagnon University of Oxford I J Galpin University of Liverpool P M Hammond PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wiltshire P M Hardy University of Exeter R W Hay University of Stirling P D JefCrey Australian National University, Canberra, Australia W D Mercer Queen's University of Belfast L W Nichol Australian National University, Canberra, Australia K B Nolan University of Surrey R H Pain University of Newcastle upon Tyne H W E Rattle Portsmouth Polytechnic N K Rogers University of Oxford M D Scawen PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wiltshire R F Sherwood PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Wiltshire R A G Smith Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Epsom, Surrey R M Stephens Portsmouth Polytechnic M J E Sternberg University of Oxford D J Winzor University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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Preface This fifteenth Report reviews papers that are relevant to the chemistry of amino-acids, peptides, and proteins published during 1982, except that for Inorganic Aspects (Chapter 5) the period dealt with includes 1981 as well. The format and style follow the pattern of previous volumes, but coverage of the Chemical Structure and Biological Activity of Hormones and Related Compounds (Chapter 5 in Volume 14) has been dropped. This reduction of the scope of the Report