MicroRNA-122 Regulates Postnatal Polyploidization in the Murine Liver
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE68537 | GEO | 2016/03/29
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA283031
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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