What do we learn from spheroid culture systems? Insights from tumorspheres derived from primary colon cancer tissue
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Petr Nazarov
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3575 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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