Genealogy of legume-Rhizobium symbioses

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-311

  Broughton, William J ^a   Perret, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EMBRYOPHYTA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033180161     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80054-5     Document Type: Article

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