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RNA structure and NMR spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2009

Gabriele Varani  and
Ignacio Tinoco Jr.
Gabriele Varani
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720USA
Ignacio Tinoco Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720USA
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RNA molecules perform a wide variety of biological functions, from enzymic activity to storage and propagation of genetic information.

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Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , November 1991 , pp. 479 - 532
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