X inactivation: A direct link with the pluripotent state?;Inactivation du chromosome X et pluripotence

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 888-890

  Navarro, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

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EID: 73949155346     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20092511888     Document Type: Note

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