Correction: Arabidopsis Flower and Embryo Developmental Genes are Repressed in Seedlings by Different Combinations of Polycomb Group Proteins in Association with Distinct Sets of Cis-regulatory Elements.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5266258 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
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Correction: Arabidopsis Flower and Embryo Developmental Genes are Repressed in Seedlings by Different Combinations of Polycomb Group Proteins in Association with Distinct Sets of Cis-regulatory Elements.
Wang Hua H Liu Chunmei C Cheng Jingfei J Liu Jian J Zhang Lei L He Chongsheng C Shen Wen-Hui WH Jin Hong H Xu Lin L Zhang Yijing Y
PLoS genetics 20170125 1
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005771.]. ...[more]
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