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. 1997 May;114(1):1–7. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.1.1

Bioprotective Alkaloids of Grass-Fungal Endophyte Symbioses.

L P Bush 1, H H Wilkinson 1, C L Schardl 1
PMCID: PMC158272  PMID: 12223685

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