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Base Composition of Nonsense Condons in E. coli: Evidence from Amino-Acid Substitutions at a Tryptophan Site in Alkaline Phosphatase

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WEIGERT, M., GAREN, A. Base Composition of Nonsense Condons in E. coli: Evidence from Amino-Acid Substitutions at a Tryptophan Site in Alkaline Phosphatase. Nature 206, 992–994 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206992a0

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