Poised transcription factories prime silent uPA gene prior to activation.

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Published in PLoS Biol on January 05, 2010

Authors

Carmelo Ferrai1, Sheila Q Xie, Paolo Luraghi, Davide Munari, Francisco Ramirez, Miguel R Branco, Ana Pombo, Massimo P Crippa

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Molecular Dynamics of the Nucleus, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, S Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

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