Using genomics to study legume seed development

Plant Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 562-574

  Le, Brandon H ^a   Wagmaister, Javier A ^a   Kawashima, Tomokazu ^a   Bui, Anhthu Q ^a   Harada, John J ^b   Goldberg, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34250661465     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.100362     Document Type: Review

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