RNA-seq of virulence determinants of the Korean CA-MRSA strain [ST72 CA-MRSA] and derived mutants of CA-MRSA
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INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 4000
ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus aureus
SUBMITTER: Eunsil Kim
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-7809 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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