Broad-Spectrum Therapeutic Suppression of Metastatic Melanoma Through Nuclear Hormone Receptor Activation
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE48782 | GEO | 2014/06/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA211625
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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