Seeing the world in red and blue: Insight into plant vision and photoreceptors

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 230-235

  Ahmad, Margaret ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 0033152365     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80040-5     Document Type: Article

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