Comprehensive Transcriptional Profiling of the Cell Envelope Stress Response of Bacillus subtilis
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ORGANISM(S): Bacillus subtilis
PROVIDER: GSE160345 | GEO | 2023/10/28
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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