Chapter 8 The Making of tRNAs and More - RNase P and tRNase Z

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology

Volumn 84, Issue C, 2009, Pages 319-368

  Hartmann, Roland K ^a   Gößringer, Markus ^a   Späth, Bettina ^b   Fischer, Susan ^b   Marchfelder, Anita ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 59649083452     PISSN: 00796603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6603(08)00808-8     Document Type: Review

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