Custom design microarray for molecular drug susceptibility testing and strain typing of tuberculosis
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ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium tuberculosis
SUBMITTER: Tom Venken
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-7610 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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