Novel coloured flowers

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-201

  Mol, Jos ^a   Cornish, Edwina ^b   Mason, John ^b   Koes, Ronald ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Florigene Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ETHYLENE; PIGMENT;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VACUOLE; COLOR; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STORAGE;

EID: 0033023717     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80035-4     Document Type: Article

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