The Chromatin Accessibility Landscape of Adult Rat.
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SUBMITTER: Yuan Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8181391 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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The Chromatin Accessibility Landscape of Adult Rat.
Yuan Yue Y Deng Qiuting Q Wei Xiaoyu X Liu Yang Y Lan Qing Q Jiang Yu Y Yu Yeya Y Guo Pengcheng P Xu Jiangshan J Yu Cong C Han Lei L Cheng Mengnan M Wu Peiying P Zhang Xiao X Lai Yiwei Y Volpe Giacomo G Esteban Miguel A MA Yang Huanming H Liu Chuanyu C Liu Longqi L
Frontiers in genetics 20210524
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