The Invention of the Genetic Code

American Scientist

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-14

  Hayes, Brian ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0001817019     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/1998.17.3338     Document Type: Article

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