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Notes on the Mechanism of Action of Gibberellic Acid

Nature New Biology volume 237, pages 39–41 (1972)Cite this article

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Gibberellic acid induces de novo synthesis of α-amylase in barely aleurone tissue by modifying a post-transcriptional control point.

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CARLSON, P. Notes on the Mechanism of Action of Gibberellic Acid. Nature New Biology 237, 39–41 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio237039a0

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