Expression in E. coli of hyper- and hypo-amyloidogenic RepA-WH1 variants
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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli K-12 Escherichia coli
PROVIDER: GSE69517 | GEO | 2017/06/13
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA285780
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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