Mining Nudibranch Symbionts for Biosynthesis of novel Secondary Metabolites
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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): TripleTOF 5600
ORGANISM(S): Chromodoris Quadricolor Metagenome
TISSUE(S): Mantle
SUBMITTER: 
Esraa Elsaeed
LAB HEAD: Esraa Elsaeed Sobhy
PROVIDER: PXD037957 | Pride | 2022-12-07
REPOSITORIES: pride
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