Science Reviews - Biology, 2024, 3(4), 7-23 Prasanta Chakraborty

Gene cluster regulators from plants to microbes: Key

role in vesicular targeting, transport of intermediate

compounds and secondary metabolite biosynthesis

Prasanta Chakraborty, PhD

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57200536237

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