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Application of Metabolic Engineering to Vanillin Biosynthetic Pathways in Vanilla Planifolia

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Havkin-Frenkel, D., Belanger, F.C. (2007). Application of Metabolic Engineering to Vanillin Biosynthetic Pathways in Vanilla Planifolia. In: Verpoorte, R., Alfermann, A., Johnson, T. (eds) Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6031-1_7

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