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Transport of Flavonoids: From Cytosolic Synthesis to Vacuolar Accumulation

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Kitamura, S. (2006). Transport of Flavonoids: From Cytosolic Synthesis to Vacuolar Accumulation. In: Grotewold, E. (eds) The Science of Flavonoids. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28822-2_5

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