Enhancers: the abundance and function of regulatory sequences beyond promoters.

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Published in Dev Biol on December 16, 2009

Authors

Michael Bulger1, Mark Groudine

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Pediatric Biomedical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Michael_Bulger@urmc.rochester.edu

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