Engineering an allosteric transcription factor to respond to new ligands
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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
PROVIDER: GSE75009 | GEO | 2015/12/20
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA302178
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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