Branched-chain amino acid metabolism in higher plants
โ Scribed by Stefan Binder; Tanja Knill; Joachim Schuster
- Book ID
- 110903379
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 129
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-9317
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