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Determination of the Helical Configuration of Ribonucleic Acid Molecules by X-Ray Diffraction Study of Crystalline Amino-Acid–transfer Ribonucleic Acid

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SPENCER, M., FULLER, W., WILKINS, M. et al. Determination of the Helical Configuration of Ribonucleic Acid Molecules by X-Ray Diffraction Study of Crystalline Amino-Acid–transfer Ribonucleic Acid. Nature 194, 1014–1020 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1941014a0

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