Carotenoid biosynthesis in flowering plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 210-218

  Hirschberg, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOID; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0035049993     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(00)00163-1     Document Type: Review

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