Extensively Self-Renewing Erythroblasts Derived from Transgenic β-Yac Mice are a Novel Model System for Studying Globin Switching and Erythroid Maturation
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Laurie Steiner
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54826 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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