The stereochemical course of 2-methylisoborneol biosynthesis

Binbin Gu1, Anwei Hou1, Jeroen S Dickschat1

  • 1Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

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