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The life and times of ACC oxidase, alias TOM13

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We express our appreciation to all colleagues who contributed to research discussed in this article, including those who worked at Zeneca, now Syngenta. Research in the author’s laboratory was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, its forerunners the Science and Engineering Research Council and the Agricultural and Food Research Council, the European Commission, Zeneca, and the University of Nottingham.

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  1. Division of Plant & Crop Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Nottingham, LE12 5RD, UK

    Donald Grierson & Grantley W. Lycett

  2. School of Medicine, Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK

    Andrew J. Hamilton

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Concerning the paper: cloning, identification and expression analysis of ACC oxidase gene involved in ethylene production pathway, by Z Jafari, R Haddad, R Hosseini and G Garoosi, Mol Biol Rep, October 2012. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-2178-7

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Grierson, D., Hamilton, A.J. & Lycett, G.W. The life and times of ACC oxidase, alias TOM13. Mol Biol Rep 40, 3021–3022 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-012-2375-4

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