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. 1999 Jan 15;18(2):281–288. doi: 10.1093/emboj/18.2.281

Legume nodulation and mycorrhizae formation; two extremes in host specificity meet.

C Albrecht 1, R Geurts 1, T Bisseling 1
PMCID: PMC1171122  PMID: 9889184

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