Collection of various small RNA sequencing libraries of C. Reinhardtii.
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INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2000
ORGANISM(S): Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
SUBMITTER: Sebastian Mueller
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-8526 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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