The role of insulator elements in defining domains of gene expression

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-248

  Geyer, Pamela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0030922269     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80134-7     Document Type: Article

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