Kinetin: The elixir of life?

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1135-1136

  Minorsky, Peter V ^a  

^a MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0038038650     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.900083     Document Type: Short Survey

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