Carbon assimilation C4 pathway (WP1493)

Zea mays

Authors

Pankaj Jaiswal , Alex Pico , Kristina Hanspers , Martina Summer-Kutmon , and Lars Willighagen

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Organisms

Zea mays

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Pathway Ontology

carbon fixation pathway

References

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