Progress of vitamin E metabolic engineering in plants
โ Scribed by Shuangyan Chen; Hongjie Li; Gongshe Liu
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-8819
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