POPP the question: What do LEA proteins do?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-17

  Wise, Michael J ^a   Tunnacliffe, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMALIA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0742323272     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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