A bivalent chromatin structure marks key developmental genes in embryonic stem cells.

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Published in Cell on April 21, 2006

Authors

Bradley E Bernstein1, Tarjei S Mikkelsen, Xiaohui Xie, Michael Kamal, Dana J Huebert, James Cuff, Ben Fry, Alex Meissner, Marius Wernig, Kathrin Plath, Rudolf Jaenisch, Alexandre Wagschal, Robert Feil, Stuart L Schreiber, Eric S Lander

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1: Molecular Pathology Unit and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. bbernstein@partners.org

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