Post-Transcriptional Role for the Yeast Paf1-RNA Polymerase II Complex is Revealed by Identification of Primary Targets
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ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PROVIDER: GSE3200 | GEO | 2005/08/26
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA92865
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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