RNAi-dependent formation of heterochromatin and its diverse functions.

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Published in Curr Opin Genet Dev on March 06, 2010

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Shiv Is Grewal1

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1: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. grewals@mail.nih.gov

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