Terpenoid biosynthesis: The basic pathway and formation of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and diterpenes

Lipid Metabolism in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 339-388

  Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Croteau, Rodney B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781351074070     Document Type: Chapter

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