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Open AccessEffects of estrogen receptor and estrogen on the chromatin structure in estrogen receptor stable transfectants
The estrogen receptor (ER), a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily recruits coactivators that modify local chromatin structure. Here we investigated the effect of the estrogen receptor and estrog...