Non-Watson-Crick base pairs in RNA-protein recognition

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Hermann, Thomas ^a   Westhof, Eric ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

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EID: 0033485558     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(00)80003-4     Document Type: Review

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