Chloroplast reverse genetics: New insights into the function of plastid genes

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 419-425

  Rochaix, Jean David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030882090     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(97)01121-7     Document Type: Article

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