Genomic Maps and Comparative Analysis of Histone Modifications in Human and Mouse

@article{Bernstein2005GenomicMA,
  title={Genomic Maps and Comparative Analysis of Histone Modifications in Human and Mouse},
  author={Bradley E. Bernstein and Michael Kamal and Kerstin Lindblad-Toh and Stefan Bekiranov and Dione K. Bailey and Dana J. Huebert and Scott McMahon and Elinor K. Karlsson and Edward J. Kulbokas and Thomas R. Gingeras and Stuart L. Schreiber and Eric S. Lander},
  journal={Cell},
  year={2005},
  volume={120},
  pages={169-181}
}
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