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Protocol to identify amino acids bound to tRNA by aminoacylation using mass spectrometry

Marc Finkler1, Joshua Brandt1, Timothée Boutfol1

  • 1Universität des Saarlandes, Biologische Experimentalphysik, Zentrum f. Biophysik, Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät, B2 1, Campus, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.

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