FIREWACh: High-throughput Functional Detection of Transcriptional Regulatory Modules in Mammalian Cells
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE54863 | GEO | 2014/03/22
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA237855
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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