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A calcium signalling network activates vacuolar K+ remobilization to enable plant adaptation to low-K environments
- Award ID(s):
- 1714795
- PAR ID:
- 10165666
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Nature Plants
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 2055-0278
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 384 to 393
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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