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. 1957 Feb;65(2):321–331. doi: 10.1042/bj0650321

The nature of the fluctuating ribonucleic acid in Escherichia coli

H E Wade 1, D M Morgan 1
PMCID: PMC1199873  PMID: 13403912

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