Treatment of Candida albicans with sublethal concentration of keanumycin A
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INSTRUMENT(S): GenePix 4000B
ORGANISM(S): Candida albicans
SUBMITTER: Sascha Brunke
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-12311 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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