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Amino-Acid Sequence of the α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone

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  2. Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

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HARRIS, J., LERNER, A. Amino-Acid Sequence of the α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone. Nature 179, 1346–1347 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791346a0

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