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Referee's report by Albert Charles Chibnall, on a paper 'Studies on silk proteins I. The properties and constitution of fibroin. The conversion of fibroin into a water-soluble form and its bearing on the phenomenon of denaturation' by D Coleman and F O Howitt

Reference number: RR/69/67

Date: 01 November 1946

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Not recommended for publication. The paper contains interesting material, but is badly written. The authors don't seem to be well-acquainted with modern work on protein structure. The conclusions are open to serious criticism. The discussion contains numerous misrepresentations of previous authors work and statements that are purely speculative. The experimental results are interesting and should be published.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

Date received not given.

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RR/69/67
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01 November 1946
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Standardised form (type E), note on paper and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Typescript
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Albert Charles Chibnall

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Albert Charles Chibnall, Referee's report by Albert Charles Chibnall, on a paper 'Studies on silk proteins I. The properties and constitution of fibroin. The conversion of fibroin into a water-soluble form and its bearing on the phenomenon of denaturation' by D Coleman and F O Howitt, 01 November 1946, RR/69/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_67/referees-report-by-albert-charles-chibnall-on-a-paper-studies-on-silk-proteins-i-the-properties-and-constitution-of-fibroin-the-conversion-of-fibroin-into-a-water-soluble-form-and-its-bearing-on-the-phenomenon-of-denaturation-by-d-coleman-and-f-o-howitt, accessed on 22 March 2025

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