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HORT640 - Metabolic Plant Physiology

References, glucosyltransferase

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Sepulveda-Jimenez G, Rueda-Benitez P, Porta H, Rocha-Sosa M. A red beet (Beta vulgaris) UDP-glucosyltransferase gene induced by wounding, bacterial infiltration and oxidative stress. J. Exp. Bot. 56: 605-611 (2005).

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