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Cell and Organelle Structure and Assembly

Yeast α2 Repressor Positions Nucleosomes in TRP1/ARS1 Chromatin

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Pages 2247-2260 | Received 27 Oct 1989, Accepted 23 Jan 1990, Published online: 31 Mar 2023

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