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From golden rice to aSTARice, more than just two steps forward in a pathway

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Chen, WC., Lu, S. From golden rice to aSTARice, more than just two steps forward in a pathway. Sci. China Life Sci. 62, 280–281 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9426-2

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