Small-molecule-based strategies for controlling gene expression

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Denison, Carilee ^a   Kodadek, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0032103928     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90167-3     Document Type: Review

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