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The vacuolar symplast: Does it really exist in plants? (Comments on Publications of G.A. Velikanov et al. in Russian Journal of Plant Physiology)

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Original Russian Text © I.M. Andreev, 2008, published in Fiziologiya Rastenii, 2008, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 931–933.

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Andreev, I.M. The vacuolar symplast: Does it really exist in plants? (Comments on Publications of G.A. Velikanov et al. in Russian Journal of Plant Physiology). Russ J Plant Physiol 55, 843–845 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443708060150

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