UHRF1: a Jack of All Trades, and a Master Epigenetic Regulator During Spermatogenesis

Overview

Journal Biol Reprod

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Reproductive Medicine

Date 2020 Feb 27

PMID 32101289

Citations 2

Authors

Simon J Newkirk

Wenfeng An

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