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Sequences at the 5′-Terminus of Bacteriophage Qβ RNA

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Two beginning sequences, pppGpGpGpGpApApCp … and pppGpGpGpGpGpApApCp …, have been identified in the RNA of bacteriophage Qβ. Both were consistently found in nearly equal amounts

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DE WACHTER, R., FIERS, W. Sequences at the 5′-Terminus of Bacteriophage Qβ RNA. Nature 221, 233–235 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221233a0

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