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Metabolomics and Gene Identification in Plant Natural Product Pathways

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Plant Metabolomics

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 57))

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  1. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho 1-33, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan

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  3. Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA

    Richard A. Dixon

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Dixon, R.A., Achnine, L., Deavours, B.E., Naoumkina, M. (2006). Metabolomics and Gene Identification in Plant Natural Product Pathways. In: Saito, K., Dixon, R.A., Willmitzer, L. (eds) Plant Metabolomics. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29782-0_18

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