Transcriptional Pause Release Is a Rate-Limiting Step for Somatic Cell Reprogramming
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Minghui He
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-59833 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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