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Associated Chromosome Trap for Identifying Long-range DNA Interactions
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Associated Chromosome Trap for Identifying Long-range DNA Interactions

Published on: April 23, 2011

["Artificial" chromosomes]

G E Roth

    Die Naturwissenschaften
    |February 1, 1987
    PubMed

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