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. 1963 Sep;88(3):555–566. doi: 10.1042/bj0880555

The accumulation of ribonucleic acid by a mutant of Escherichia coli

S Dagley 1, G Turnock 1, D G Wild 1
PMCID: PMC1202215  PMID: 14071530

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