C-Jun impedes somatic cell reprogramming by activating mesenchymal core regulators and suppressing pluripotent ones
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE50776 | GEO | 2015/06/10
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA218916
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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