Polymers of 3-hydroxyacids in plants

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-92

  Rezzonico, Enea ^a   Moire, Laurence ^a   Poirier, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Elastomer; Fatty acid; Metabolic engineering; Peroxisome; Plastic; Plastid; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Polyhydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ELASTOMER; FLAVONOID; ISOLEUCINE; ISOPRENOID; MALONYL COENZYME A; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER; PROPIONYL COENZYME A; THREONINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CORN; COTTON; CROP; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4444246904     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015888420468     Document Type: Review

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