The recent finding that cyanate reacts specifically with the amino-terminal valine of the hemoglobin molecule in an irreversible carbamylation reaction has led us to develop a 14C-cyanate method for determining erythrocyte survival. The procedure is advantageous in that erythrocytes can be labeled either in vitro or in vivo.
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Graziano et al. (1973) studied this question.