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- 1992
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- article
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 327-333
- Citations
- 473
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Joan Boyes,
Adrian Bird
(1992).
Repression of genes by DNA methylation depends on CpG density and promoter strength: evidence for involvement of a methyl-CpG binding protein..
The EMBO Journal
, 11
(1)
, 327-333.
https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05055.x
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- 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05055.x