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A speculation on the origin of protein synthesis
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Metadata
- Authors
- Crick, F. H. C., Brenner, S., Klug, A., & Pieczenik, G.
- Venue
- Origins of Life
- Published
- 1976-12
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 389-397
- ISSN
- 0169-6149 (ISSN-L)
- 0302-1688
- 1573-0875
- OpenAlex
- W1989029725
- Cited by
- 284
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 3.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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