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. 1995 Jul;7(7):1059–1070. doi: 10.1105/tpc.7.7.1059

Alkaloid Biosynthesis[mdash]The Basis for Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants.

TM Kutchan 1
PMCID: PMC160910  PMID: 12242397

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