Rate of transcription elongation and sequence-specific pausing by RNA polymerase I directly influence ribosomal RNA processing
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ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PROVIDER: GSE155878 | GEO | 2020/08/08
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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