Molecular Mimicry in the Decoding of Translational Stop Signals

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2003, Pages 83-121

  Poole, Elizabeth S ^a   Askarian Amiri, Marjan E ^a   Major, Louise L ^a   McCaughan, Kim K ^a   Scarlett, Debbie Jane G ^a   Wilson, Daniel N ^a   Tate, Warren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 2542418539     PISSN: 00796603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6603(03)01011-0     Document Type: Article

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