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Joyce Man1, Phil Barnett2, Vincent M Christoffels2

  • 1Department of Medical Biology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.c.man@amc.uva.nl.

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences : CMLS
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Keywords:
Atrial and brain natriuretic peptideEpigeneticsGene clusterHeart developmentHeart regenerationHypertrophySuper enhancer

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