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Structure and chromosomal localization of the mouse mitochondrial transcription factor a gene (Tfam)

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  1. Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 94305-5427, Stanford, California, USA

    Nils -Göran Larsson & David A. Clayton

  2. Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, 94305-5428, Stanford, California, USA

    Gregory S. Barsh

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Mouse Genome Database accession number MGD-CREX-677. GenBank accession numbers U71384-U71397.

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Larsson, N.G., Barsh, G.S. & Clayton, D.A. Structure and chromosomal localization of the mouse mitochondrial transcription factor a gene (Tfam). Mammalian Genome 8, 139–140 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003359900373

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