Production of new/modified proteins in transgenic plants

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Herbers, Karin ^a   Sonnewald, Uwe ^b  

^a SunGene GmbH and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HERBICIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; INSECT; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

INSECTA;

EID: 0033057289     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80029-9     Document Type: Article

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