Identification of the core gene-regulatory network that governs the dynamic adaptation of intestinal homeostasis during conventionalization in mice
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE32513 | GEO | 2012/07/11
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA147851
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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