Plant cell walls as targets for biotechnology

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-185

  Chapple, Clint ^a   Carpita, Nick ^a  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL WALL; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 0032035060     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80022-8     Document Type: Article

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