Transcriptome comparison of pancreatic islets of Urocortin3 null islets and wild type controls.
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Mark Huising
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-58286 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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