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Genetic Code: The ‘Nonsense’ Triplets for Chain Termination and their Suppression

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BRENNER, S., STRETTON, A. & KAPLAN, S. Genetic Code: The ‘Nonsense’ Triplets for Chain Termination and their Suppression. Nature 206, 994–998 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206994a0

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