Medicago truncatula - A model in the making!

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-304

  Cook, Douglas R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 0033180478     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80053-3     Document Type: Note

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