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Characteristic analysis of a secondary structure of primary microRNA bound to a double-strand RNA-binding protein, NF90 与双链rna结合蛋白NF90结合的初级microRNA二级结构的特征分析

Electrophoresis Letters Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2198/ELECTROPH.65.13

Takuma Higuchi, R. Kiernan, S. Sakamoto

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