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A REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR TARGET GENE EXPRESSION

Mark M. Burcin, Bert W. O´Malley and Sophia Y. Tsai

Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

Received 1/17/98 Accepted 2/20/98

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