Elucidating the Sigmulome of P.aeruginosa PA14 by ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq approaches
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ORGANISM(S): Pseudomonas aeruginosa
SUBMITTER: Denitsa Eckweiler
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54999 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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