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Transcriptional Regulation

The c-myc Insulator Element and Matrix Attachment Regions Definethe c-myc ChromosomalDomain

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Pages 9338-9348 | Received 06 Jun 2003, Accepted 12 Sep 2003, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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