Expression data from thymic epithelial cells of 5-6 weeks old C57BL/6J mice.
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE52137 | GEO | 2017/04/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA227012
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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