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Structure of a Ribonucleic Acid

Robert W. Holley, Jean Apgar, George A. Everett, James T. Madison, Mark Marquisee, Susan H. Merrill, John Robert Penswick, and Ada ZamirAuthors Info & Affiliations
Science
19 Mar 1965
Vol 147, Issue 3664
pp. 1462-1465
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3664.1462
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The complete nucleotide sequence of an alanine transfer RNA, isolated from yeast, has been determined. This is the first nucleic acid for which the structure is known.

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Robert W. Holley
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Jean Apgar
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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George A. Everett
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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James T. Madison
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Mark Marquisee
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Susan H. Merrill
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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John Robert Penswick
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Ada Zamir
U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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