TRNA is entrapped in similar, but distinct, nuclear and cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein complexes, both of which contain vigilin and elongation factor 1 alpha.
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SUBMITTER: Kruse C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1219084 | biostudies-other | 1998 Feb
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