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We thank E. Michaud, E. Schon, S. Tilghman, T. Vasicek and R. Woychik for plasmid clones, and M. Turker for discussions. Supported by Fellowships from Cancerfonden of Sweden and The Leukemia Research Foundation to C.P.W., and by National Institutes of Health grants to J.R.C. and T.H.B.
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Walsh, C., Chaillet, J. & Bestor, T. Transcription of IAP endogenous retroviruses is constrained by cytosine methylation. Nat Genet 20, 116–117 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/2413
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