Trade-offs between biomass growth and inducible biosynthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate in transgenic poplar

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 759-767

  Dalton, David A ^a   Ma, Cathleen ^b   Shrestha, Shreya ^a   Kitin, Peter ^c   Strauss, Steven H ^b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biopolymer; Ecdysone inducible promoter; Plant made industrial product; Polyhydroxybutyrate; Populus

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CHLOROPHYLL; ECDYSONE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TIME; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECDYSONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERS; POPULUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 79961168953     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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