Gene expression profiling of ovaries collected from wild type (WT) mice and progesterone receptor (PR) knock out mice
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE37354 | GEO | 2012/10/04
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA159815
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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