Chromatin structure and ATRX function in mouse oocytes

Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-68

  De La Fuente, Rabindranath ^a   Baumann, Claudia ^a   Viveiros, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84867191106     PISSN: 00801844     EISSN: 18610412     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30406-4_3     Document Type: Article

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