Nuclear Actin Regulates Inducible Transcription by Enhancing RNA Polymerase II Clustering
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE82320 | GEO | 2017/12/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA324642
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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