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. 1995 Jul;7(7):821–831. doi: 10.1105/tpc.7.7.821

Plant Mitochondrial Electron Transfer and Molecular Biology.

JN Siedow 1, AL Umbach 1
PMCID: PMC160871  PMID: 12242388

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