2-O-methylation Maintains Ribosome Structural and Translation Integrity
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INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Eclipse
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932)
SUBMITTER: 
Hong Li
PROVIDER: MSV000100922 | MassIVE | Fri Feb 20 12:13:00 GMT 2026
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD074693
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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