Production of high-value compounds: Carotenoids and vitamin E

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-191

  Hirschberg, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; VITAMIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033023716     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80033-0     Document Type: Article

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