Global Epigenetic State Network Governs Cellular Pluripotent Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation
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Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA Center for Complex Network Research, Departments of Physics, Biology, and Computer Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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تاریخ انتشار 2012