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Microbial Synthesis of Protein in Relation to the Biogenesis of Nucleic Acids with Azotobacter vinelandii as the Test Organism

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Caspersson1 and Brachet2 first directed attention to the possible role of ribonucleic acid in protein synthesis. This role has been re-evaluated by Brachet and Six3. Ribonucleic acid is supposed to serve as a template for protein synthesis. Evidence in favour of and against this hypothesis has been documented by Chantrenne4, Meister5, Simkin6 and Hartman and Buchanan7.

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CHAKRAVORTY, M. Microbial Synthesis of Protein in Relation to the Biogenesis of Nucleic Acids with Azotobacter vinelandii as the Test Organism. Nature 187, 239–240 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187239a0

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