ChIP-RAPD as a possible new methodology to identify genes regulated by chromatin related proteins

PASCUAL MARIANO; BERNABEU RO

Huerta Grande, Córdoba

Congreso; Segunda Reunión Conjunta de Neurociencias; XXV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias (SAN) y XI?I Taller argentino de Neurociencias (TAN); 2010

Sociedad Argentina de Neurociencias

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