Transcriptome profiling of mutant ASH2,RBBP5,WDR5 and WT(N2 or wild type) of C.elegans by RNASeq
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INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2500
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
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PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5500 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): ERP114093
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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