Introduction to the different classes of biosynthetic enzymes

Plant-derived Natural Products: Synthesis, Function, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-163

  Modolo, Luzia V ^a   Reichert, Angelika I ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85498-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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