Characterization of transcriptional and fitness effects of a loss of function mutation in rho
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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
PROVIDER: GSE32022 | GEO | 2012/06/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA147515
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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