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. 1961 Oct;47(10):1588–1602. doi: 10.1073/pnas.47.10.1588

THE DEPENDENCE OF CELL- FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN E. COLI UPON NATURALLY OCCURRING OR SYNTHETIC POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES

Marshall W Nirenberg 1, J Heinrich Matthaei 1,*
PMCID: PMC223178  PMID: 14479932

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