Dimerisation of a chromo shadow domain and distinctions from the chromodomain as revealed by structural analysis

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 517-525

  Cowieson, Nathan P ^a   Partridge, Janet F ^b   Allshire, Robin C ^b   McLaughlin, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034194376     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00467-X     Document Type: Article

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