Molecular evolution: Old branches on the phytochrome family tree

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Pepper, Alan E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032510019     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70985-6     Document Type: Article

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