Mortierella alpina
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PROVIDER: PRJNA43005 | ENA |
REPOSITORIES: ENA
Dataset's files
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| SRR1006390.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1006390_1.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1006390_2.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1006389_1.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz |
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