Hypersensitive Nucleosomes in Chromatin Are Intrinsic to the Structure of Active, Tissue-Specific Enhancers
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE57559 | GEO | 2016/04/08
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA246702
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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