Cyanobacterial Argonautes and Cas4 family nucleases cooperate to interfere with invading DNA
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PROVIDER: PRJNA1050202 | ENA |
REPOSITORIES: ENA
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| SRR27155517_1.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR27155517_2.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR27155518_1.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR27155518_2.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz |
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