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Title: Influence of sulfate supply on selenium uptake dynamics and expression of sulfate/selenate transporters in selenium hyperaccumulator and nonhyperaccumulator Brassicaceae
Award ID(s):
1456361
PAR ID:
10044518
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published:
Journal Name:
New Phytologist
Volume:
217
Issue:
1
ISSN:
0028-646X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
194 to 205
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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