Monitoring global differential gene expression in Corynebacterium glutamicum in response to sigma factor SigD disruption and overexpression
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INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 1500
ORGANISM(S): Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032
SUBMITTER: Hironori Taniguchi
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5411 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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