Evolution of homospermidine synthase in the convolvulaceae: A Story of gene duplication, gene Loss, and periods of various selection pressures

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1213-1227

  Kaltenegger, Elisabeth ^a,c   Eich, Eckart ^b   Ober, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Inst F Biol   (Germany)

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EID: 84878248978     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.109744     Document Type: Article

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