Plant natural products from cultured multipotent cells
β Scribed by Roberts, Susan; Kolewe, Martin
- Book ID
- 109909011
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 848 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1087-0156
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