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Maize proteomics: An insight into the biology of an important cereal crop

  1. Olga Pechanova1,
  2. Tomáš Takáč2,
  3. Jozef Šamaj2,
  4. Tibor Pechan3,*

Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200275

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PROTEOMICS

Special Issue: REVIEWS 2013

Volume 13, Issue 3-4, pages 637–662, February 2013

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Pechanova, O., Takáč, T., Šamaj, J. and Pechan, T. (2013), Maize proteomics: An insight into the biology of an important cereal crop. Proteomics, 13: 637–662. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201200275

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  1. 1

    Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA

  2. 2

    Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

  3. 3

    Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station,, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA

* Correspondence: Dr. Tibor Pechan, Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
E-mail: pechan@ra.msstate.edu
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  1. Issue published online: 18 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 29 NOV 2012 02:41PM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 20 NOV 2012
  5. Manuscript Revised: 16 NOV 2012
  6. Manuscript Received: 30 JUN 2012

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  • Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and Disease. Grant Number: ED0007/01/01
  • Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Grant Number: P501/11/1764
  • Czech Science Foundation (GACR)

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