The stress responsive small protein Cmi7p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae interacts with Cdc28p and Prt1p to control gene transcription and protein translation
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ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
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Fengwu-Bai
PROVIDER: PXD026476 | iProX | Thu Jun 03 00:00:00 BST 2021
REPOSITORIES: iProX
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