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The relation of the nucleotide sequences in the coding regions of natural templates and of the short nucleotide sequence in 3′ terminus of 16 S ribosomal RNA was found to differ from random pattern. The observation is interpreted in terms of both the ribosomal interactions and the molecular evolution.
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Sedláček, J., Fábry, M., Rychlik, I. et al. The arrangement of nucleotides in the coding regions of natural templates. Molec. Gen. Genet. 172, 31–36 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276212
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