Transcriptional regulation of lymphocyte lineage commitment

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 726-742

  Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a   Telfer, Janice C ^a   Anderson, Michele K ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Steers Inst for Medical Research   (United States)

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EID: 0033200366     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199909)21:9<726::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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