Cell wall biosynthetic genes of maize and their potential for bioenergy production

Handbook of Maize: Genetics and Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 741-767

  Vermerris, Wilfred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77863-1_38     Document Type: Chapter

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