Chromatin position effects assayed by thousands of reporters integrated in parallel
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Bas van Steensel
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48606 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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