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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1961 October; 47(10): 1588–1602.
PMCID: PMC223178
THE DEPENDENCE OF CELL- FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN E. COLI UPON NATURALLY OCCURRING OR SYNTHETIC POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES
Marshall W. Nirenberg and J. Heinrich Matthaei*
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, BETHESDA, MARYLAND
* Supported by a NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
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