Production of new polymeric compounds in plants

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-185

  Poirier, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER;

ENGINEERING; FIBER; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033035025     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80032-9     Document Type: Article

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