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Differentiation of Myoglobins and Hæmoglobins

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THE simultaneous estimation by de Duve1 of hæmo-globin (Hb) and myoglobin (Mb) in solution, based on the spectral characteristics of their carbon monoxide compounds, requires the solutions to be crystal clear and strongly buffered and the relevant wave-lengths must be reproduced to within a fraction of a mµ.

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WALTERS, C., TAYLOR, A. Differentiation of Myoglobins and Hæmoglobins. Nature 198, 996–997 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198996b0

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