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Ribosomal Discrimination of tRNAs

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Mutations in two proteins of the 30S ribosomal subunit indicate that the ribosome provides a recognition screen for tRNAs before, or simultaneous with, their interaction with mRNA.

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GORINI, L. Ribosomal Discrimination of tRNAs. Nature New Biology 234, 261–264 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio234261a0

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