Identification of miR-4423 as a Primate-Specific microRNA Highly Expressed in Ciliated Airway Epithelium and Associated with Lung Cancer
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Avrum Spira
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48798 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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