BRCA1 regulation of transcription
โ Scribed by Eliot M. Rosen; Saijun Fan; Yongxian Ma
- Book ID
- 116333781
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 236
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3835
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