RNA-RNA interactomes of Hfq and ProQ reveal overlapping and competing roles for RNA chaperones
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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli K-12
PROVIDER: GSE131520 | GEO | 2019/12/08
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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