Ezh2 controls B cell development through histone H3 methylation and Igh rearrangement
10.1038/ni876
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Su, I., Basavaraj, A., Krutchinsky, A. N., Hobert, O., Ullrich, A., Chait, B. T., & Tarakhovsky, A. (2002). Ezh2 controls B cell development through histone H3 methylation and Igh rearrangement. Nature Immunology, 4(2), 124–131.

Authors 7
  1. I-hsin Su (first)
  2. Ashwin Basavaraj (additional)
  3. Andrew N. Krutchinsky (additional)
  4. Oliver Hobert (additional)
  5. Axel Ullrich (additional)
  6. Brian T. Chait (additional)
  7. Alexander Tarakhovsky (additional)
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@article{Su_2002, title={Ezh2 controls B cell development through histone H3 methylation and Igh rearrangement}, volume={4}, ISSN={1529-2916}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni876}, DOI={10.1038/ni876}, number={2}, journal={Nature Immunology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Su, I-hsin and Basavaraj, Ashwin and Krutchinsky, Andrew N. and Hobert, Oliver and Ullrich, Axel and Chait, Brian T. and Tarakhovsky, Alexander}, year={2002}, month=dec, pages={124–131} }