Reprogramming of oil synthesis in rapeseed: Industrial applications

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 792, Issue , 1996, Pages 82-90

  Metz, Jim ^a   Lassner, Michael ^a  

^a Calgene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAURIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; WAX;

BRASSICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0029817756     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32494.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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