Expression data from Drosophila histone methyltransferase mutants
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ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
PROVIDER: GSE14756 | GEO | 2009/02/10
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA112251
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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