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Quattrocchio, F., Baudry, A., Lepiniec, L., Grotewold, E. (2006). The Regulation of Flavonoid Biosynthesis. In: Grotewold, E. (eds) The Science of Flavonoids. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28822-2_4

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