Transgenic maize endosperm containing a milk protein has improved amino acid balance

Transgenic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-71

  Bicar, Earl H ^a   Woodman Clikeman, Wendy ^a   Sangtong, Varaporn ^a   Peterson, Joan M ^a   Yang, S Samuel ^a   Lee, Michael ^a   Scott, M Paul ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactalbumin; Grain; Lysine; Maize; Nutrition; Transgene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LACTALBUMIN; PRIMER DNA; ZEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHENOTYPE; SWINE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; LACTALBUMIN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SWINE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37549056616     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9081-3     Document Type: Article

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