A rubber transferase activator is necessary for natural rubber biosynthesis in dandelion

Nature Plants

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Epping, Janina ^a   van Deenen, Nicole ^a   Niephaus, Eva ^a   Stolze, Anna ^a   Fricke, Julia ^a   Huber, Claudia ^b   Eisenreich, Wolfgang ^b   Twyman, Richard M ^c   Prüfer, Dirk ^a,d   Gronover, Christian Schulze ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TRM Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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

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EID: 85137325099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2015.48     Document Type: Article

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