Loss of Rab25 promotes the development of intestinal neoplasia
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE19072 | GEO | 2010/12/04
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA123273
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Analysis of Rab25 in human colon samples The adenoma dataset (n=6) contains 6 colonic adenomas for use in comparison to colon adenocarcinoma datasets.
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