Gene discovery for crop improvement

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-226

  Martin, Gregory B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CROP; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031945151     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80119-5     Document Type: Article

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