Dosage compensation: X-repress yourself

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Wood, William B ^a   Streit, Adrian ^a   Li, Weiqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0031128343     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00107-2     Document Type: Review

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