mRNA-Mediated Intron Losses: Evidence from Extraordinarily Large Exons
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Translational attenuation mediated by an mRNA intron
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1537-1719,0737-4038
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi138