Controlling gene networks and cell fate with precision-targeted DNA-binding proteins and small-molecule-based genome readers.

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Published in Biochem J on September 15, 2014

Authors

Asuka Eguchi1, Garrett O Lee1, Fang Wan2, Graham S Erwin3, Aseem Z Ansari

Author Affiliations

1: *Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
2: †The Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 425 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
3: ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.

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