A role for chloroplast-associated polyamines?

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-7

  Kotzabasis, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 0242461215     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00863.x     Document Type: Article

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