Cinnamate: CoA ligase initiates the biosynthesis of a benzoate-derived xanthone phytoalexin in hypericum calycinum cell cultures

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1267-1280

  Gaid, Mariam M ^a,b   Sircar, Debabrata ^a,b   Müller, Andreas ^a   Beuerle, Till ^a   Liu, Benye ^a   Ernst, Ludger ^a   Hänsch, Robert ^a   Beerhues, Ludger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b University of Assiut   (Egypt)

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EID: 84868306586     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.204180     Document Type: Article

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