Microalgal Resilience under Bisphenol A Exposure Dynamic Metabolic Reprogramming, Deoxynucleotide Pool Imbalance and DNA Damage Management
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ORGANISM(S): Tetraselmis Chuii
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Lihua Yang
PROVIDER: PXD073159 | iProX | Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 GMT 2026
REPOSITORIES: iProX
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