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A slippery grip

Characterization of a family of RNA molecules selected in vitro to bind the L-valine side chain should shed light on nucleic acid-hydrophobic amino-acid interactions

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Fedor, M. A slippery grip. Nat Struct Mol Biol 1, 267–269 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0594-267

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