Transgenic canola and soybean seeds with increased lysine

Bio/Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 577-582

  Falco, S C ^a   Guida, T ^a   Locke, M ^a   Mauvais, J ^a   Sanders, C ^a,c   Ward, R T ^a   Webber, P ^b  

^a Agricultural Products ^*  (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE KINASE; ASPARTIC ACID; DIPICOLINIC ACID; LYSINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASPARTATE KINASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEEDBACK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HYDRO-LYASES; LYSINE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA SPP.; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0029031924     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0695-577     Document Type: Article

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