MicroRNA expression profiling of Igf2-p and H19-m mutant mouse embryos
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: David Church
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-873 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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