The Mechanism of Ethylene Perception

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 653-660

  Bleecker, Anthony B ^a   Schaller, G Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 0000358077     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.3.653     Document Type: Article

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