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Insulin and the Attachment of Amino-acids to the Liver Transfer RNAs

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THE impairment of protein biosynthesis in diabetes and the role of the hormone insulin in the regulation of this process is a question currently attracting wide attention. We have evidence that insulin has a role in the formation of aminoacyl-tRNA molecules.

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GERMANYUK, Y., MIRONENKO, V. Insulin and the Attachment of Amino-acids to the Liver Transfer RNAs. Nature 222, 486–487 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222486a0

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