Biosynthesis of volatile terpenes in the flowers of the model plant arabidopsis thaliana

Biology of Floral Scent

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 79-90

  Tholl, Dorothea ^a   Pichersky, Eran ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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