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. 1962 Apr;48(4):666–677. doi: 10.1073/pnas.48.4.666

CHARACTERISTICS AND COMPOSITION OF RNA CODING UNITS*

J Heinrich Matthaei 1,†, Oliver W Jones 1, Robert G Martin 1, Marshall W Nirenberg 1
PMCID: PMC220831  PMID: 14471390

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