Acanthamoeba sp. KDN1
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2022-06-08 | PXD030337 | Pride
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2013-11-19 | GSE52455 | GEO
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2013-11-19 | E-GEOD-52455 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2013-03-14 | GSE45027 | GEO
Project description:Acanthamoeba polyphaga infected with Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus Transcriptome
| PRJNA720295 | ENA
Project description:A culture of Acanthamoeba castellanii cells was infected with mimivirus. At specified times after infection, infected cells aliquots were subjected to total RNA extraction. Cy3 labeled cDNA was hybridized on custom designed Agilent oligonucleotide tiling microarrays covering both strands of the mimivirus genome.
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