Linking chemistry and genomics for the study of secondary metabolism in aromatic and medicinal plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 629, Issue , 2004, Pages 435-447

  Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tags; Functional expression; Gene discovery; Metabolism; Natural products

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144413510     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.629.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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