The role of yeast IME2 in early meiotic gene expression
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ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SUBMITTER: George Brush
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26649 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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