Chromatin boundaries: Punctuating the genome

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 1998, Pages

  Kellum, R ^a   Elgin, S C R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032537794     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00337-5     Document Type: Review

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