Transcriptome of the exo70A1 mutant
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
PROVIDER: GSE18986 | GEO | 2009/11/18
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA120651
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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