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. 1967 Mar;57(3):759–766. doi: 10.1073/pnas.57.3.759

ROLE OF GUANOSINE 5′-TRIPHOSPHATE IN THE INITIATION OF PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS, I. SYNTHESIS OF FORMYLMETHIONYL-PUROMYCIN*

J W B Hershey 1, R E Thach 1
PMCID: PMC335573  PMID: 16591528

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