Functional and Mechanistic Studies of XPC DNA-Repair Complex as Transcriptional Coactivator in Embryonic Stem Cells
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE64040 | GEO | 2015/04/20
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA269957
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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