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Primary Structure of Transfer RNA

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The primary structures of fourteen different tRNAs are compared and a generalized structure is proposed which might apply to all tRNA molecules.

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PHILIPPS, G. Primary Structure of Transfer RNA. Nature 223, 374–377 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223374a0

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