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    Andrzej Szczepaniak, Beata Gubernator, Jarosław Króliczewski & Łukasz Łaczmański

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Szczepaniak, A., Gubernator, B., Króliczewski, J. et al. Targeting of proteins into and within the chloroplast. Acta Physiol Plant 20, 437–451 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-998-0032-2

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