Potential of Arabidopsis systems biology to advance the biofuel field

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 543-547

  Vanholme, Ruben ^a,b   Van Acker, Rebecca ^a,b   Boerjan, Wout ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BIO-BASED MATERIALS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CELL WALLS; GENE DISCOVERY; GENE MODIFICATION; LIQUID BIOFUELS; PLANT BIOMASS; PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

GENES; LIGNIN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; LIGNIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFUELS; GENES, PLANT; LIGNIN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 77957766551     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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