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. 1997 Jul;9(7):1181–1195. doi: 10.1105/tpc.9.7.1181

Signal Perception and Transduction: The Origin of the Phenotype.

AJ Trewavas 1, R Malho 1
PMCID: PMC156990  PMID: 12237382

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