Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of a GATA transcription factor functions as a development timer
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ORGANISM(S): Dictyostelium discoideum
SUBMITTER: Balaji Santhanam
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54866 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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