Molecular characterization of berberine bridge enzyme genes from opium poppy

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1669-1677

  Facchini, Peter J ^a   Penzes, Catherine ^a   Johnson, Alison G ^a   Bull, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030468681     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.4.1669     Document Type: Article

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