Dioxygenases: Molecular structure and role in plant metabolism

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 245-271

  Prescott, Andy G ^a   John, Philip ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaloid biosynthesis; Ethylene biosynthesis; Flavonoid biosynthesis; Gibberellin biosynthesis; Lipoxygenase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000916977     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.245     Document Type: Article

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