A draft map of cis-regulatory sequences in the mouse genome [HiC]
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Bing Ren
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-34587 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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