Out of the woods: Forest biotechnology enters the genomic era

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 206-213

  Bhalerao, Rishikesh ^a   Nilsson, Ove ^a   Sandberg, Goran ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FOREST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GYMNOSPERM; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0037728658     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00029-6     Document Type: Review

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