Monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases and the origin of terpene skeletal diversity in plants.

By J. Degenhardt, Tobias G. Köllner, J. Gershenzon. Phytochemistry, 2009

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Pharmacology

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