SuSy ergo GluSy: New developments in the field of cellulose biosynthesis

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-263

  Robinson, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

callose synthesis; cellulose synthesis; Glucan synthase; sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029802240     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00571.x     Document Type: Review

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