Comparison of primary MEF vs HRasV12 + Twist transformed MEF
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE11756 | GEO | 2008/07/11
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA106049
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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