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Transient Incorporation of Methionine at the N-Terminus of Protamine Newly Synthesized in Trout Testis Cells

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Evidence is obtained in another eukaryotic system for the universal role of methionine as the initiating amino-acid in protein synthesis.

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WIGLE, D., DIXON, G. Transient Incorporation of Methionine at the N-Terminus of Protamine Newly Synthesized in Trout Testis Cells. Nature 227, 676–680 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227676a0

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