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. 1967 Mar;57(3):729–734. doi: 10.1073/pnas.57.3.729

TRANSLATION OF THE GENETIC MESSAGE, III. FORMYLMETHIONINE AS INITIATOR OF PROTEINS PROGRAMED BY POLYCISTRONIC MESSENGER RNA*

Eladio Viñuela 1,†, Margarita Salas 1,‡, Severo Ochoa 1
PMCID: PMC335569  PMID: 16591524

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