SPACE: a web server for linking chromatin accessibility with clinical phenotypes and the immune microenvironment in pan-cancer analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Wu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7784913 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
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SPACE: a web server for linking chromatin accessibility with clinical phenotypes and the immune microenvironment in pan-cancer analysis.
Wu Yingcheng Y Zhao Jingwei J Zhu Haoliang H Fan Zhiwei Z Yuan Xinpei X Chen Shiyin S Mao Renfang R Fan Yihui Y
Cellular & molecular immunology 20200401 12
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