Handbook of RNA Biochemistry Edited by R. K. Hartmann, A. Bindereif, A. Scho¨n, E. Westhof Handbook of RNA Biochemistry. Edited by R. K. Hartmann, A. Bindereif, A. Scho¨n, E. Westhof Copyright 8 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 3-527-30826-1 Further Titles of Interest U. Schepers RNA Interference in Practice 2005 ISBN 3-527-31020-7 G. Cesareni, M. Gimona, M. Sudol, M. Yaffe (Eds.) Modular Protein Domains 2005 ISBN 3-527-30813-X G. Kahl The Dictionary of Gene Technology, 3rd edition 2004 ISBN 3-527-30765-6 S. Brakmann, A. Schwienhorst (Eds.) Evolutionary Methods in Biotechnology 2004 ISBN 3-527-30799-0 S. Lorkowski, P. Cullen (Eds.) Analysing Gene Expression 2002 ISBN 3-527-30488-6 Handbook of RNA Biochemistry Edited by Roland K. Hartmann, Albrecht Bindereif, Astrid Scho¨n, Eric Westhof Editors Prof. Dr. Roland K. Hartmann Philipps-Universita¨t Marburg Institut fu¨r Pharmazeutische Chemie Marbacher Weg 6 35037 Marburg Germany
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