Subcellular visualization of gene transcripts encoding key proteins of the chlorophyll accumulation process in developing chloroplasts

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1089-1096

  Marrison, Joanne L ^a   Schünmann, Petra H D ^b   Ougham, Helen J ^b   Leech, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0000325720     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.4.1089     Document Type: Article

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