Genome-Wide Expression Profiling of the Arabidopsis Female Gametophyte Identifies Families of Small, Secreted Proteins
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
PROVIDER: GSE8392 | GEO | 2007/10/10
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA101435
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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