Three-Dimensional Folding and Functional Organization Principles of the Drosophila Genome

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BiologyGenomeDrosophila (subgenus)ChromosomeChromosome conformation captureComputational biologyFunction (biology)Folding (DSP implementation)EpigeneticsEvolutionary biologyGeneticsGeneEnhancer

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 148
Issue: 3
Pages: 458-472
Citations: 2010
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                                    Tom Sexton, 
                                
                                    Eitan Yaffe, 
                                
                                    Ephraim Kenigsberg
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Three-Dimensional Folding and Functional Organization Principles of the Drosophila Genome. 
                            Cell
                            , 148
                            (3)
                            , 458-472.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2012.01.010
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.01.010