Molecular cloning and sequencing of an Allium macrostemon cDNA probably encoding oxidosqualene cyclase

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-314

  You, Song ^a,b   Kawano, Noriaki ^a   Ichinose, Koji ^a   Yao, Xin Sheng ^b   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0002777328     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.16.311     Document Type: Article

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