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Ma, K., Liu, YG. DELLA-GRF4-mediated coordination of growth and nitrogen metabolism paves the way for a new Green Revolution. Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 1130–1131 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9368-2
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