Lipid-transfer proteins: A puzzling family of plant proteins

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 66-70

  Kader, Jean Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0031081348     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(97)82565-4     Document Type: Article

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