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Genome-wide Snapshot of Chromatin Regulators and States in Xenopus Embryos by ChIP-Seq
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Genome-wide Snapshot of Chromatin Regulators and States in Xenopus Embryos by ChIP-Seq

Published on: February 26, 2015

Structural analysis of repetitive sequence elements transcribed in early development of Xenopus laevis

G Spohr, C Reymond, W Reith

    Molecular Biology Reports
    |May 1, 1983
    PubMed

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