Histone modifications: An assembly line for active chromatin?

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Imhof, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0037425598     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01383-0     Document Type: Review

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