Correction: A nutrient-driven tRNA modification alters translational fidelity and genome-wide protein coding across an animal genus.
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SUBMITTER: Zaborske JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4414553 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
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Correction: A nutrient-driven tRNA modification alters translational fidelity and genome-wide protein coding across an animal genus.
Zaborske John M JM Bauer DuMont Vanessa L VL Wallace Edward W J EW Pan Tao T Aquadro Charles F CF Drummond D Allan DA
PLoS biology 20150429 4
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002015.]. ...[more]
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