Polyamine analogues targeting epigenetic gene regulation
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Polyamine analogues targeting epigenetic gene regulation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Essays in Biochemistry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0071-1365,1744-1358
DOI: 10.1042/bse0460007