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. 1999 Mar;11(3):301–308. doi: 10.1105/tpc.11.3.301

Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Pioneering Research for a Century

A N Creager, K Scholthof, V Citovsky, H B Scholthof
PMCID: PMC1464663  PMID: 10072391

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