Quiet debut for the double helix

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6921, 2003, Pages 402-405

  Olby, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEINS;

DOUBLE HELIX;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

DNA;

DNA;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PORTRAITS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

EID: 85015045753     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01397     Document Type: Review

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