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Illuminating eukaryotic transcription start sites

Simplified methods to map transcription start sites allow the exploration of transcription-initiation landscapes in rare cell types.

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Figure 1: Transcription initiation.

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Stamatoyannopoulos, J. Illuminating eukaryotic transcription start sites. Nat Methods 7, 501–503 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0710-501

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