Conspiracy of silence among repeated transgenes

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 532-535

  Henikoff, Steven ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032128201     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<532::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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