A versatile tRNA aminoacylation catalyst based on RNA

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 655-662

  Murakami, Hiroshi ^a,b   Saito, Hirohide ^a,c   Suga, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0041629325     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(03)00145-5     Document Type: Article

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