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Among the various nucleic acids, tRNA is the one which contains the highest and most varied number of modified nucleosides. Up to 15 of them have been found in a single molecule of eukaryotic tRNA with pseudouridine present up to 25% and the methylated nucleosides varying between 30% and 70% (see Agris, 1980).
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Cimino, F., Costanzo, F., Russo, T., Colonna, A., Esposito, F., Salvatore, F. (1982). Modified nucleosides from transfer ribonucleic acid as tumor markers. In: Biochemistry of S-Adenosylmethionine and Related Compounds. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06343-7_56
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