Antibiotic-free chloroplast genetic engineering - An environmentally friendly approach

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 237-239

  Knight, Heather ^a   Knight, Marc R ^a   Fernandez San Millan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035209122     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(01)01949-5     Document Type: Review

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