Cellulose synthases and related enzymes

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 523-531

  Saxena, Inder M ^a   Brown Jr , R Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0034443822     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(00)00125-4     Document Type: Review

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