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During the past several years several fundamental advances have been made in our understanding of the cellular factors involved in the control of gene expression (1–4).
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Habener, J.F. (1987). Regulation and Diversity of Peptide Hormone Gene Expression. In: Reichlin, S. (eds) Somatostatin. Serono Symposia, USA. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5326-3_1
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