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Arabinogalactan proteins and plant differentiation

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Kreuger, M., van Holst, GJ. Arabinogalactan proteins and plant differentiation. Plant Mol Biol 30, 1077–1086 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00019543

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