Progress of vitamin E metabolic engineering in plants

Transgenic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-665

  Chen, Shuangyan ^a   Li, Hongjie ^b   Liu, Gongshe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; Plants; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33751549337     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9012-8     Document Type: Review

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