Target Gene Repression Based on Dismissal of Polymerase II from Estrogen Receptor Trans-bound Enhancers Is Associated With Clinical Outcome in Human Breast Cancer [GRO-seq]
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PROVIDER: GSE73957 | GEO | 2019/09/04
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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