The role of insulator elements in large-scale chromatin structure in interphase.

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Published in Semin Cell Dev Biol on August 25, 2007

Authors

Elizabeth R Dorman1, Ashley M Bushey, Victor G Corces

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1: Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

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