The archaeal exosome: identification and quantification of site-specific motions that correlate with cap and RNA binding.
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SUBMITTER: Audin MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3840697 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
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The archaeal exosome: identification and quantification of site-specific motions that correlate with cap and RNA binding.
Audin Maxime J C MJ Dorn Georg G Fromm Simon A SA Reiss Kerstin K Schütz Stefan S Vorländer Matthias K MK Sprangers Remco R
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20130626 32
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