Red clover hct2, a hydroxycinnamoyl-coenzyme A: Malate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase, plays a crucial role in biosynthesis of phaselic acid and other hydroxycinnamoyl-malate esters in vivo

Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1060-1067

  Sullivan, Michael L ^a   Zarnowski, Robert ^a,b  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 79952304317     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.166793     Document Type: Article

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