Programmed Cell Death in Plant Embryogenesis

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2005, Pages 135-179

  Bozhkov, Peter V ^a   Filonova, Lada H ^a   Suarez, Maria F ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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EID: 26444534441     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(05)67004-4     Document Type: Chapter

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