VL30 retro-transposons are TRIM24-repressed enhancers that generate non-coding RNA to regulate gene expression in mouse hepatocytes.
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Stephanie Le Gras
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-39853 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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