HOX proteins and their co-factors in transcriptional regulation

Advances in Developmental Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue C, 2003, Pages 1-42

  Featherstone, Mark ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 36148995042     PISSN: 15691799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-1799(03)13001-8     Document Type: Review

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