Abstract
AS part of a series of conformational studies of nucleosides and nucleotides we have determined the crystal structure of uracil-β-D-arabinofuranoside (ara U). This nucleoside is also called spongouridine following its first isolation from sponges of the species Cryptotethya crypta1,2.
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TOLLIN, P., WILSON, H. & YOUNG, D. The Molecular Conformation of Uracil-β-D-Arabinofuranoside. Nature New Biology 242, 49–50 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio242049a0
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