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. 1997 Aug;114(4):1141–1149. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.4.1141

Roles of higher plant K+ channels.

F J Maathuis 1, A M Ichida 1, D Sanders 1, J I Schroeder 1
PMCID: PMC158406  PMID: 9276943

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