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Research Article

Two DNA-Binding Factors Recognize Specific Sequences at Silencers, Upstream Activating Sequences, Autonomously Replicating Sequences, and Telomeres in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Pages 210-225 | Received 20 Jul 1987, Accepted 30 Sep 1987, Published online: 31 Mar 2023

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