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THE search for biologically active peptides with hormonal properties has been intense. The thymus has been looked upon as a source of such materials by a number of investigators but so far no generally accepted compounds have emerged1–5. We present here a sequence for a nonapeptide which is found in the serum of several animal species, where its presence is thymus-dependent6–8.
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BACH, JF., DARDENNE, M., PLEAU, JM. et al. Biochemical characterisation of a serum thymic factor. Nature 266, 55–57 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/266055a0
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