Modularity of plant metabolic gene clusters: A trio of linked genes that are collectively required for acylation of triterpenes in oat

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1078-1092

  Mugford, Sam T ^a   Louveau, Thomas ^a   Melton, Rachel ^a   Qi, Xiaoquan ^a,d   Bakht, Saleha ^a   Hill, Lionel ^a   Tsurushima, Tetsu ^a,b   Honkanen, Suvi ^a,c   Rosser, Susan J ^c   Lomonossoff, George P ^a   Osbourn, Anne ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

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EID: 84876778902     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.110551     Document Type: Article

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