Functional genomics reveals that a compact terpene synthase gene family can account for terpene volatile production in apple

Plant Physiology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 787-804

  Nieuwenhuizen, Niels J ^a   Green, Sol A ^a   Chen, Xiuyin ^a   Bailleul, Estelle J D ^a   Matich, Adam J ^a   Wang, Mindy Y ^a   Atkinson, Ross G ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84873272299     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.208249     Document Type: Article

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