Mapping start codons of small open reading frames by N-terminomics approach
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ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens
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Cuihong Wan
PROVIDER: PXD046680 | iProX | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 GMT 2023
REPOSITORIES: iProX
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