Going to "great lengths" to prevent the escape of genes that produce specialty chemicals

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1770-1774

  Ellstrand, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0042466234     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.025908     Document Type: Editorial

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