Genome-wide analysis of mRNA expression alterations in human primary hepatocytes compared with cAMP treated and non-treated human embryonic stem cell (hESC) derived hepatic populations
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: carl virtanen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-39157 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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