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. 1997 Jul;9(7):1043–1054. doi: 10.1105/tpc.9.7.1043

Plant intercellular communication via plasmodesmata.

B G McLean 1, F D Hempel 1, P C Zambryski 1
PMCID: PMC156978  PMID: 9254930

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