Chloroplast biotechnology, genomics and evolution: Current status, challenges and future directions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-5, 2011, Pages 207-209

  Clarke, Jihong Liu ^a   Daniell, Henry ^b   Nugent, Jacqueline M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLOROPLAST; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLOROPLASTS; GENOMICS;

EID: 79957854796     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9792-y     Document Type: Editorial

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