Epigenetic dysregulation of protocadherins in human disease

Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology - Tập 69 - Trang 172-182 - 2017
Nady El Hajj1, Marcus Dittrich1, Thomas Haaf1
1Institute of Human Genetics, Julius Maximilians University, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany

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