Flavonoids and isoflavonoids - A gold mine for metabolic engineering

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 394-400

  Dixon, Richard A ^a   Steele, Christopher L ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; DIET; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLAVONOID; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; RHIZOSPHERE;

EID: 0033214408     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01471-5     Document Type: Review

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