Single-cell transcriptome profiling of tracheal epithelium in basal cell-specific Mettl3 conditional knockout mice
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE300742 | GEO | 2026/06/25
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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