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. 1993 Sep;175(17):5297–5300. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.17.5297-5300.1993

Peptidyl transferase: protein, ribonucleoprotein, or RNA?

H F Noller 1
PMCID: PMC206581  PMID: 7690022

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