Production of traditional and novel biopolymers in transgenic woody plants

Phytochemicals, Plant Growth, and the Environment

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-78

  Dalton, David A ^a   Murthy, Ganti ^b   Strauss, Steven H ^b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84884174058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4066-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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