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. 1997 Jul;9(7):1089–1098. doi: 10.1105/tpc.9.7.1089

Building a root: the control of patterning and morphogenesis during root development.

J W Schiefelbein 1, J D Masucci 1, H Wang 1
PMCID: PMC156982  PMID: 9254932

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