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Transcriptional Regulation

Structural Features of Nucleosomes Reorganized by Yeast FACT and Its HMG Box Component, Nhp6

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Pages 3907-3917 | Received 31 Oct 2003, Accepted 08 Feb 2004, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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