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Rainer Hedrich1, Irene Marten

  • 1Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Bioscience, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, 97082 Wuerzburg, Germany. hedrich@botanik.uni-wuerzburg.de

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