Improvement of micronutrient contents by genetic engineering development of high iron content crops

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-15

  Goto, F ^a   Yoshihara, T ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Ferritin; Glutelin; Iron accumulation; Iron metabolism; Seed specific promoter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009043418     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.18.7     Document Type: Article

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