Food for thought: Improvement of food quality and composition through genetic engineering

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 792, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-12

  Kridl, Jean C ^a   Shewmaker, Christine K ^a  

^a Calgene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD QUALITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

EID: 0029796875     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32484.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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