Transcription profiling of Xenopus laevis early gastrulation embryos injected with alpha-amanitin against RNA polymerase II activity
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ORGANISM(S): Xenopus laevis
SUBMITTER: Gert Jan Veenstra
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3614 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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