TRNA epitranscriptomics and biased codon are linked to proteome expression
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SUBMITTER: Dr Chee, Sheng Ng
PROVIDER: S-SCDT-MSB-17-8009 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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