Flowering time: A pathway that begins at the 3′ end

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0041418037     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00604-3     Document Type: Review

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