The bovine alveolar macrophage (bAM) DNA methylome is resilient to infection with Mycobacterium bovis
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ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
PROVIDER: GSE110412 | GEO | 2019/02/13
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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