Authors: Brian Sullivan (University of North Carolina), and Shuchismita Dutta* (Rutgers University, NJ); *contact: sdutta@rcsb.rutgers.edu
Citation and Adaptations: doi:10.25334/225Z-KR22
Work funded by NSF grant # 1827011
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| Question: Why and how do plants make caffeine? Do they all make it the same way? | ||
| Biology | Getting to Structure: | Part 1: Why and How do Plants make Caffeine? |
| Molecular Exploration: | Part 2: Biosynthesis of Caffeine in Molecular Detail | |
| Modeling: | Part 3: Evolution of Caffeine biosynthesis | |
| Assessment: | Biosynthesis of a Medicinal Alkaloid | |
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