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Post-synthetic fate of the translation products of messenger RNA microinjected into xenopus oocytes

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Asselbergs, F.A.M. Post-synthetic fate of the translation products of messenger RNA microinjected into xenopus oocytes. Mol Biol Rep 5, 199–208 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00782889

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