Estimated environmental loads of alpha-amylase from transgenic high-amylase maize

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 831-835

  Wolt, Jeffrey D ^a   Karaman, Sule ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMY797E; Event 3272; Genetically modified organisms; Product quality trait; Thermococcales; Thermostable amylase; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFEEDSTOCK; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; PRODUCT QUALITY TRAIT; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOSTABLE AMYLASE; TRANSGENIC CROP SYSTEMS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOFUEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MAIZE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

THERMOCOCCALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35348977280     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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