Histone-fold domain protein NF-Y promotes chromatin accessibility for cell type-specific master transcription factors
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Raja Jothi
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-56840 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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