Natural diversity in pentose fermentation is explained by variations in histone deacetylases
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ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SUBMITTER: Zvi Tamari
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-75673 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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