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High-resolution X-ray Diffraction by Single Crystals of Mixtures of Transfer Ribonucleic Acids

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Crystals containing multiple species of tRNA give single crystal X-ray diffraction patterns with a minimum spacing of 3 Å. These crystals display a simplicity of lattice symmetry and unit cell dimensions that makes them particularly suitable for structure analysis to near atomic resolution. The finding of such crystals confirms the marked similarity of tRNAs at the level of tertiary structure.

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    RICHARD D. BLAKE, JACQUES R. FRESCO & ROBERT LANGRIDGE

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BLAKE, R., FRESCO, J. & LANGRIDGE, R. High-resolution X-ray Diffraction by Single Crystals of Mixtures of Transfer Ribonucleic Acids. Nature 225, 32–35 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225032a0

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