Regulation of poly(A) tail and translation during the somatic cell cycle
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE79664 | GEO | 2016/04/04
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA316618
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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