'Radicle' biochemistry: The biology of root-specific metabolism

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 220-226

  Flores, Hector E ^a   Vicanco, Jorge M ^b   Loyola Vargas, Victor M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

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EID: 0033048410     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01411-9     Document Type: Review

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