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Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequencing of the rubber elongation factor gene from Hevea brasiliensis

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  1. D. P. S. T. G. Attanyaka

    Present address: Rubber Research Institute of Sri-Lanka, Dartonfield, Agalawatha, Sri Lanka

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  1. Wolfson Laboratory for Plant Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

    D. P. S. T. G. Attanyaka & F. C. H. Franklin

  2. School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

    R. G. O. Kekwick

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Attanyaka, D.P.S.T.G., Kekwick, R.G.O. & Franklin, F.C.H. Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequencing of the rubber elongation factor gene from Hevea brasiliensis . Plant Mol Biol 16, 1079–1081 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016080

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