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. 1962 Jul;48(7):1114–1121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.48.7.1114

A CHANGE FROM NONSENSE TO SENSE IN THE GENETIC CODE

Seymour Benzer 1, Sewell P Champe 1
PMCID: PMC220916  PMID: 13867417

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