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Oxygen Responses, Hemoglobin, And The Structure And Function Of Vesicles

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Book cover Nitrogen-fixing Actinorhizal Symbioses

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Silvester, W.B., Berg, R.H., Schwintzer, C.R., Tjepkema, J.D. (2007). Oxygen Responses, Hemoglobin, And The Structure And Function Of Vesicles. In: Pawlowski, K., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen-fixing Actinorhizal Symbioses. Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3547-0_5

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