Making new molecules - evolution of pathways for novel metabolites in plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-423

  Kliebenstein, Daniel J ^a   Osbourn, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS;

EID: 84864510955     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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