Nucleosomes and Centromeric DNA Packaging

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2013 Nov 28

PMID 24282300

Citations 22

Authors

J S Pat Heslop-Harrison

Trude Schwarzacher

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