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Exploring Sequence Space to Identify Binding Sites for Regulatory RNA-Binding Proteins
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A ribosome binding site sequence is necessary for efficient expression of the distal gene of a

A Das, C Yanofsky

    Nucleic Acids Research
    |June 11, 1984
    PubMed

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