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. 1991 Apr 25;19(Suppl):2173–2188. doi: 10.1093/nar/19.suppl.2173

Histone and histone gene compilation and alignment update

Dan Wells 1, Doris Brown 1
PMCID: PMC331351  PMID: 2041803

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