Transcription profiling of rat epidydymal white adipose tissue after treatment with THC in a time series
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ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Gareth Denyer
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2575 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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