The enzymes for galactolipid biosynthesis are nearly all cloned: So what next?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 469-471

  Jorasch, Petra ^a   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING;

EID: 0032723322     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01505-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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