Chromatin silencing: RNA in the driving seat

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Stevenson, David S ^a   Jarvis, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0037425622     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01380-5     Document Type: Review

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