Hobit and Blimp1 instruct a universal transcriptional program of tissue-residency in lymphocytes
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE79339 | GEO | 2016/04/25
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA315544
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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