Industrial oils from transgenic plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-184

  Jaworski, Jan ^a   Cahoon, Edgar B ^b  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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EID: 0037391487     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(03)00013-X     Document Type: Review

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