Phytochemical genomics-a new trend

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-380

  Saito, Kazuki ^a,b  

^a RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROP; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENES, PLANT; GENOMICS; METABOLOMICS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84878982144     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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