Cementing the wall: Cell wall polysaccharide synthesising enzymes

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 512-516

  Reid, JS Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034441830     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(00)00121-7     Document Type: Review

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