Plants as green nanofactories: Application of plant biotechnology in nanoparticle synthesis - A review

Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Girija, S ^a,b   Balachandran, Y L ^a,b   Kandakumar, J ^a,b  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biological sensors; DNA labeling; Nanocapsules; Nanofactories; Nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957856180     PISSN: 09722025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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