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Another aspect of nature's ingenuity

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Eyewitnesses are sometimes asked to identify a culprit from a line-up of people associated with a crime scene. An enzyme — iridoid synthase — that catalyses an unusual reaction has been identified by a similar approach. See Letter p.138

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Figure 1: Mechanisms of monoterpene biosynthesis.

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