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Cecile Hourton-Cabassa1, Agnes Mesneau, Bruno Miroux

  • 1Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire des Plantes UMR 7632 CNRS/UPMC, Tour 53 (case 154), 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France. fmoreau@ccr.jussieu.fr

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