Cellulose biosynthesis in higher plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Brown Jr , R Malcolm ^a   Saxena, Inder M ^a   Kudlicka, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0001360414     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(96)80050-1     Document Type: Review

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