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. 1964 May;51(5):786–794. doi: 10.1073/pnas.51.5.786

ACETYLATION AND METHYLATION OF HISTONES AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE REGULATION OF RNA SYNTHESIS*

V G Allfrey 1, R Faulkner 1, A E Mirsky 1
PMCID: PMC300163  PMID: 14172992

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