Let them eat (GM) straw

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 525-530

  Gressel, Jonathan ^a   Zilberstein, Aviah ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUNGI; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; STRAW;

RUMINANT ANIMALS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; RNA DERIVATIVE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AMMONIFICATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BOVIDS; CEREAL; CROSS LINKING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GRAIN; HAY; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0242475341     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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