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Distribution and Nomenclature of Protein-coding Genes in 12 Sequenced Chloroplast Genomes

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  1. Botanisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Bettina Stoebe & Klaus V. Kowallik

  2. Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 7, D-38023, Braunschweig, Germany

    William Martin

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Stoebe, B., Martin, W. & Kowallik, K.V. Distribution and Nomenclature of Protein-coding Genes in 12 Sequenced Chloroplast Genomes. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 16, 243–255 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007568326120

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