Brassinosteroids (
Rhamnose is required in
- PAR ID:
- 10056271
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Plant Journal
- Volume:
- 94
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 0960-7412
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 649-660
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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