published from our laboratory (11), Results 

 indicated that among all the amino acids, inter- 

 action of purine with tyrosine is the most 

 important one. In the future, this approach 



may again guide us to the understanding of the 

 interactions between two different types of 

 biopolymers, namely, nucleic acids and pro- 

 teins. 



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