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Nomenclature for members of the expansin superfamily of genes and proteins

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  1. MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, MI, USA

    Hans Kende

  2. Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, CA, USA

    Kent Bradford

  3. Crop and Food Research, Private Bag, 11600, New Zealand

    David Brummell

  4. School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea

    Hyung-taeg Cho

  5. Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Daniel Cosgrove

  6. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, UK

    Andrew Fleming

  7. Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag, X17, South Africa

    Chris Gehring

  8. Department of Tobacco Science, Chungbuk National University, 48 Gaesin-dong Hungduk-ku, Republic of Korea

    Yi Lee

  9. Biology Department, University of York, YO10 5YW, UK

    Simon Mcqueen-mason

  10. Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, NY

    Jocelyn Rose

  11. Plant Ecophysiology, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, CA, The Netherlands

    Laurentius Voesenek

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Kende, H., Bradford, K., Brummell, D. et al. Nomenclature for members of the expansin superfamily of genes and proteins. Plant Mol Biol 55, 311–314 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-004-0158-6

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