Green love talks; cell-cell communication during double fertilization in flowering plants

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kawashima, Tomokazu ^a   Berger, Frederic ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84877804424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plr015     Document Type: Article

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