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lacZ and ubiquitously expressed genes: should divorce be pronounced?

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  1. Unité de Biologie du Développement, CNRS URA 1960, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Michel Cohen-Tannoudji & Charles Babinet

  2. Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR 5547, Université Paul Sabatier, Bâtiment 4R3, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse Cedex 04, France

    Dominique Morello

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Cohen-Tannoudji, M., Babinet, C. & Morello, D. lacZ and ubiquitously expressed genes: should divorce be pronounced?. Transgenic Res 9, 233–235 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008916910392

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