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The correlation between histone modifications and gene expression

    Xianjun Dong

    Program in Bioinformatics & Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA

    &
    Zhiping Weng

    * Author for correspondence

    Program in Bioinformatics & Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. .

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/epi.13.13
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