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. 1958 Dec;70(4):642–651. doi: 10.1042/bj0700642

The occurrence and distribution of thymine and three methylated-adenine bases in ribonucleic acids from several sources

J W Littlefield 1, D B Dunn 1
PMCID: PMC1196721  PMID: 13607422

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