Autophagic recycling: Lessons from yeast help define the process in plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-173

  Thompson, Allison R ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 14744281878     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.01.013     Document Type: Review

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