Intra- and extracellular lipid composition and associated gene expression patterns during pollen development in Brassica napus

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 549-562

  Piffanelli, Pietro ^a   Ross, Joanne H E ^a   Murphy, Denis J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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BRASSICA NAPUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031105321     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11030549.x     Document Type: Article

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