Unraveling the role of helicases in transcription

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 634-641

  Eisen, Arri ^a   Lucchesi, John C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032143062     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199808)20:8<634::AID-BIES6>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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