A quiescent path to plant longevity

Jefri Heyman1, Robert P Kumpf1, Lieven De Veylder1

  • 1Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium.

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