Polyhydroxyalkanoate polymers and their production in transgenic plants

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-40

  Snell, Kristi D ^a   Peoples, Oliver P ^a  

^a Metabolix Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0036334977     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mben.2001.0214     Document Type: Article

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