Temperature-sensitive splicing in the floral homeotic mutant apetala3-1

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1453-1463

  Sablowski, Robert W M ^a   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032170391     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.9.1453     Document Type: Article

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