DNA methylation: A molecular lock

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Siegfried, Zahava ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031149162     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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