Amino acid- and protein-specificity of protein fatty acylation in C. elegans
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INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Exploris 480
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis Elegans (ncbitaxon:6239)
SUBMITTER: 
Frank Schroeder
PROVIDER: MSV000093332 | MassIVE | Wed Nov 08 07:27:00 GMT 2023
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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