Comparative genome analysis delimits a chromosomal domain and identifies key regulatory elements in the alpha globin cluster.

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Published in Hum Mol Genet on February 15, 2001

Authors

J Flint1, C Tufarelli, J Peden, K Clark, R J Daniels, R Hardison, W Miller, S Philipsen, K C Tan-Un, T McMorrow, J Frampton, B P Alter, A M Frischauf, D R Higgs

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK.

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