An early C-22 oxidation branch in the brassinosteroid biosynthetic pathway

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 930-939

  Fujioka, Shozo ^a   Takatsuto, Suguru ^a   Yoshida, Shigeo ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OXIDATION; SEED;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 0036800908     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.008722     Document Type: Article

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