Engineering of plant natural product pathways

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 329-336

  Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

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EID: 18044372085     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.03.008     Document Type: Review

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