IsoPlot: a database for comparison of mRNA isoforms in fruit fly and mosquitoes.
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SUBMITTER: Ng IM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737200 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
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IsoPlot: a database for comparison of mRNA isoforms in fruit fly and mosquitoes.
Ng I-Man IM Huang Jia-Hsin JH Tsai Shang-Chi SC Tsai Huai-Kuang HK
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation 20170101
<h4>Database url</h4>http://isoplot.iis.sinica.edu.tw/. ...[more]
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