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D’Esposito, M., Quaderi, N.A., Ciccodicola, A. et al. Isolation, physical mapping, and Northern analysis of the X-linked human gene encoding methyl CpG-binding protein, MECP2. Mammalian Genome 7, 533–535 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003359900157
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