The flowering plant
Long non‐coding
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10045384
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Cell Proliferation
- Volume:
- 51
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0960-7722
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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