Polyhydroxybutyrate synthesis in transgenic flax

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-54

  Wróbel, Magdalena ^a   Zebrowski, Jacek ^b   Szopa, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

14 3 3 promoter analysis; Flax transformation; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Linum usitatissimum; Polyhydroxybutyrate; Stem tensile properties; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; DNA; ELASTIC MODULI; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THERMOPLASTICS; TISSUE; VEGETABLE OILS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERTILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STEM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE; YOUNG MODULUS;

LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 0347624529     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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