Open questions: Epigenetics and the role of heterochromatin in development

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874398464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-21     Document Type: Note

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