Peroxisomes as sites for synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates in transgenic plants

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1053-1057

  Hahn, J J ^a   Eschenlauer, Arthur C ^a   Sleytr, Uwe B ^b   Somers, David A ^a   Srienc, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MAIZE; PEROXISOME; PLANT CELL CULTURE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; POLYESTERS;

POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS, CULTURED; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; PEROXISOMES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYESTERS; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033230984     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp990118n     Document Type: Article

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