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Intermediate Organelles of the Plant Secretory Pathway: Identity and Function
Article first published online: 9 JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00791.x
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Foresti, O. and Denecke, J. (2008), Intermediate Organelles of the Plant Secretory Pathway: Identity and Function. Traffic, 9: 1599–1612. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00791.x
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- Issue published online: 15 SEP 2008
- Article first published online: 9 JUL 2008
- Received 26 June 2008, revised and accepted for publication 2 July 2008, uncorrected manuscript published online 9 July 2008, published online 4 August 2008
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