Control of the E. coli SOS regulon expression by intracellular dNTP pool changes
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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. EDL933 Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. Sakai Escherichia coli CFT073
PROVIDER: GSE62898 | GEO | 2015/03/31
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA265996
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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