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An Unstable Intermediate Carrying Information from Genes to Ribosomes for Protein Synthesis

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  1. Medical Research Council Unit for Molecular Biology, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge,

    S. BRENNER

  2. Institut Pasteur, Paris

    F. JACOB

  3. Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

    M. MESELSON

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BRENNER, S., JACOB, F. & MESELSON, M. An Unstable Intermediate Carrying Information from Genes to Ribosomes for Protein Synthesis. Nature 190, 576–581 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190576a0

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