Cytoskeleton in plant development

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 462-470

  Kost, Benedikt ^b   Mathur, Jaideep ^b   Chua, Nam Hai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033485285     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)00024-2     Document Type: Review

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