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Expression, Solubilization, and Purification of Eukaryotic Borate Transporters
Published on: March 7, 2019
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Arguments surrounding the essentiality of boron to vascular plants
1Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
The New Phytologist
|May 2, 2020
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