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Plant natural products from cultured multipotent cells

Cultured cambial meristematic cells could enable large-scale production of certain natural products.

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Roberts, S., Kolewe, M. Plant natural products from cultured multipotent cells. Nat Biotechnol 28, 1175–1176 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1110-1175

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