Recent Advances in Carotenoid Biosynthesis, Regulation and Manipulation

Overview

Journal Planta

Specialty Biology

Date 2005 Apr 19

PMID 15834583

Citations 24

Authors

Susanne Romer

Paul D Fraser

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