MECP2, a multi-talented modulator of chromatin architecture.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Briefings in Functional Genomics

• Publication date

  2016-06-12

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/BFGP/ELW023PMID 27296483
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