Production of biodegradable polyester by a transgenic tobacco

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 870-874

  Nakashita, Hideo ^a   Arai, Yuko ^b   Yoshioka, Keiko ^a   Fukui, Toshiaki ^a,c   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a   Usami, Ron ^b   Horikoshi, Kohki ^b   Yamaguchi, Isamu ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoxidation; Encapsulation; Linoleic acid; Percolation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001741351     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.870     Document Type: Article

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