Light-regulated stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis

Chen Chen1, Yu-Guo Xiao, Xin Li

  • 1Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.

Molecular Plant
|April 21, 2012
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