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Detailed Molecular Model for Transfer Ribonucleic Acid

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A new model for transfer ribonucleic acid seems to explain the available experimental evidence better than do the models proposed hitherto.

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LEVITT, M. Detailed Molecular Model for Transfer Ribonucleic Acid. Nature 224, 759–763 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224759a0

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