Facilitation of chromatin dynamics by SARs

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 519-525

  Hart, Craig M ^a   Laemmli, Ulrich K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; DYNAMICS; FACILITATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032191345     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80005-1     Document Type: Article

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