Like metazoans, plants use small regulatory
The altered carbon assimilation pathway of crassulacean acid metabolism (
- PAR ID:
- 10038640
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- Journal Name:
- The Plant Journal
- Volume:
- 92
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0960-7412
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 19-30
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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