Adaptation of E. histolytica to long term glucose starvation
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ORGANISM(S): Entamoeba histolytica
SUBMITTER: Christian Weber
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1187 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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