Molecular characterization of the MXMT gene involved in caffeine biosynthesis in Liberica coffee (Coffea liberica Hiern) from East Java, Indonesia

Open Access

Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 198, 2025 5^th ASEAN Microbial Biotechnology Conference (AMBC 2025)


Article Number		09001
Number of page(s)		10
Section		Molecular Biology
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202519809001
Published online		03 December 2025

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