Discovery of genes differentially-expressed in the endothelium of lymph nodes draining metastatic versus non-metastatic tumors
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE31123 | GEO | 2011/09/23
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA144933
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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