Comparative promoter analysis and its application to the identification of candidate regulatory factors of cartilage-expressed genes

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Conceicao N ^a   Cox, C J ^a   Simoes B ^a   Viegas, M ^a   Cancela, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

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EID: 77954196316     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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