Populus, the New Model System for Investigating Phenylpropanoid Complexity

Chung-Jui Tsai^*, Walid El Kayal and Scott A. Harding

Biotechnology Research Center, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science,Michigan Technological University,Houghton, MI 49931, U.S.A.

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