Chicken vigilin gene: a distinctive pattern of hypersensitive sites is characteristic for its transcriptional activity.
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SUBMITTER: Grunweller A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1218711 | biostudies-other | 1997 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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