Taxol® biosynthesis and production: From forests to fermenters

Biotechnology of Natural Products

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 145-185

  McElroy, Christopher ^a   Jennewein, Stefan ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67903-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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