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Relationship of Camphor Biosynthesis to Leaf Development in Sage (Salvia officinalis)

R Croteau1, M Felton, F Karp

  • 1Institute of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry/Biophysics Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164.

Plant Physiology
|April 1, 1981
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