Runt domain partner proteins enhance DNA binding and transcriptional repression in cultured Drosophila cells
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عنوان ژورنال: Genes to Cells
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1356-9597,1365-2443
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.1996.tb00014.x