The evolution, metabolism and functions of the apicoplast.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on March 12, 2010

Authors

Liting Lim1, Geoffrey Ian McFadden

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1: School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.

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