Plant Biology: Journey to the Center of the Casparian Strip

Dorothee Stöckle1, Joop Em Vermeer2

  • 1Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.

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|October 20, 2020
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