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RNA polymerase II ChIP-seq—a powerful and highly affordable method for studying fungal genomics and physiology

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Acknowledgements

We thank members of the Wong lab for sharing their experience with PolII ChIP-seq and Prof. Michael J. Hynes and Prof. Richard B. Todd for comments and suggestions on the manuscript.

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We acknowledge the Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau S.A.R (grant number: FDCT085/2014/A2), Research Services and Knowledge Transfer Office of the University of Macau (grant numbers: MYRG2015-00186-FHS and MYRG2016-00211-FHS), and the Faculty of Health Sciences for their funding supports.

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    Kaeling Tan & Koon Ho Wong

  2. Genomics and Bioinformatics core, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau SAR, China

    Kaeling Tan

  3. Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau SAR, China

    Koon Ho Wong

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Tan, K., Wong, K.H. RNA polymerase II ChIP-seq—a powerful and highly affordable method for studying fungal genomics and physiology. Biophys Rev 11, 79–82 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-018-00497-9

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