Sieve element and companion cell: The story of the comatose patient and the hyperactive nurse

IMF Occasional Papers

Volumn , Issue 189, 2000, Pages 477-487

  Van Bel, Aart J E ^a   Knoblauch, Michael ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Companion cell; Intercellular interaction; Phloem physiology; Sieve clement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347698544     PISSN: 02516365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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