The collaborative non‐self‐recognition model for S‐
The mitochondrial and chloroplast
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10460024
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Plant Journal
- Volume:
- 99
- Issue:
- 6
- ISSN:
- 0960-7412
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 1116-1126
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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