Transcriptional Silencing by Polycomb-Group Proteins

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1-26

  Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a   Paro, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84881080502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019331     Document Type: Article

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