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A Cell Free Assay to Study Chromatin Decondensation at the End of Mitosis
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A Cell Free Assay to Study Chromatin Decondensation at the End of Mitosis

Published on: December 19, 2015

[Foundation of the bineme model for eukaryote chromosome]

A N Luchnik

    Molekuliarnaia Biologiia
    |March 1, 1982
    PubMed

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