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Improved Methods for Preparing Transverse Sections and Unrolled Whole Mounts of Maize Leaf Primordia for Fluorescence and Confocal Imaging
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Correction: Guo et al. Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis Reveals the Molecular Regulatory Mechanism
Zhaolai Guo1,2, Xinqi Yuan1, Ting Li1
1Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Degraded Environment Restoration, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
|June 26, 2026
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