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Expression of specific calmodulin genes isolated from tissue cultured cells of Aquilaria microcarpa in response to methyl jasmonate and yeast extract

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This work was supported, in part, by a research grant from Yamazaki Spice Promotion Foundation.

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    Yoshihide Kenmotsu, Yoshimi Yamamura & Fumiya Kurosaki

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Kenmotsu, Y., Yamamura, Y. & Kurosaki, F. Expression of specific calmodulin genes isolated from tissue cultured cells of Aquilaria microcarpa in response to methyl jasmonate and yeast extract. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 48, 627–631 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-012-9473-9

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