Transgenic plant factories for the production of biopolymers and platform chemicals

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-228

  van Beilen, Jan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Metabolic engineering; Platform chemical; Processing; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT OIL; PLATFORM CHEMICAL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOHYDRATES; METABOLISM; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VEGETABLE OILS;

CHEMICALS;

EID: 55949094152     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.64     Document Type: Article

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