Vitamin E-Defective Mutants of Arabidopsis Tell Tales of Convergent Evolution

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2233-2235

  Eckardt, Nancy A ^a  

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ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0142124106     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.151010     Document Type: Editorial

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