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Isolation of Translating Ribosomes Containing Peptidyl-tRNAs for Functional and Structural Analyses
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Initiation reactions in the mRNA-dependent reticulocyte lysate

J E Kay, C R Benzie

    Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
    |August 30, 1982
    PubMed

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