Alcohol Dehydrogenases: Identification and Names for Gene Families

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-350

  Chase Jr , Theodore ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; Formaldehyde dehydrogenase; Short chain dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033274021     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007620627083     Document Type: Article

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