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. 1997 Nov;71(11):8087–8095. doi: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8087-8095.1997

Primer tRNAs for reverse transcription.

J Mak 1, L Kleiman 1
PMCID: PMC192263  PMID: 9343157

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