Niche-Independent Expansion and Controlled Differentiation of Intestinal Stem Cells in vitro
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Xiaolei Yin
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1978 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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