Paving the path

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-25

  Benson, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron activation; ORL; Radiobiochemical exploration; Rat House; Sam Ruben

Indexed keywords

ART; BOTANY; HISTORY; LITERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BOTANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036999725     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.53.091201.142547     Document Type: Review

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