The oxidases of gibberellin biosynthesis: Their function and mechanism

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 709-719

  Hedden, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 oxoglutarate dependent dioxygenases; Cytochrome P450; Gibberellin biosynthesis; Monooxygenases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031424331     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010406.x     Document Type: Article

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