Comparison of thymic mTEC cells from MyD88fl/fl x Foxn1Cre and MyD88fl/fl mice by transcription profiling
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INSTRUMENT(S): NextSeq 500
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Matouš Vobořil
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-8024 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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