Dosage compensation in Drosophila and the 'complex' world of transcriptional regulation

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 541-547

  Lucchesi, John C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSECTA;

EID: 0030197566     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180705     Document Type: Review

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