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. 1963 Dec;89(3):574–585. doi: 10.1042/bj0890574

The isolation, characterization and acid–base properties of ribonucleic acid from rabbit-reticulocyte ribosomes

R A Cox 1, H R V Arnstein 1
PMCID: PMC1202465  PMID: 14101978

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