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An Unstable Intermediate Carrying Information from Genes to Ribosomes for Protein Synthesis

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  1. Medical Research Council Unit for Molecular Biology, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge,

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  2. Institut Pasteur, Paris

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  3. Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

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BRENNER, S., JACOB, F. & MESELSON, M. An Unstable Intermediate Carrying Information from Genes to Ribosomes for Protein Synthesis. Nature 190, 576–581 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190576a0

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