arc6, a fertile Arabidopsis mutant with only two mesophyll cell chloroplasts

Plant Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 1169-1177

  Pyke, Kevin A ^a   Rutherford, Stephen M ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a   Leech, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0028191532     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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