Nonsense mediated decay and a novel protein Period-2 regulate casein kinase I in an opposing manner to control circadian period in Neurospora crassa
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ORGANISM(S): Neurospora crassa
PROVIDER: GSE155999 | GEO | 2020/12/09
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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