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THE FUNCTIONS AND REGULATION OF GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASES IN PLANTS

Kathleen A. Marrs1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford California 94305-5020.

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology
|June 1, 1996
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