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Original Articles

Biosynthesis of Castor Oil: Effect of Polyamines on the Acylation of Lysophosphatidic Acid at the sn-2 Position with Ricinoleic Acid

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Pages 2052-2056 | Received 23 Jan 2007, Accepted 30 May 2007, Published online: 22 May 2014

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