Expression of polyhydroxybutyric acid as a model for metabolic engineering of soybean seed coats

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 895-899

  Schnell, J A ^a,b   Treyvaud Amiguet, V ^a,c   Arnason, J T ^a   Johnson, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioplastics; Metabolic engineering; Polyhydroxybutyrate; Soybean seed coat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SOYBEANS;

CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84864040114     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-011-9575-x     Document Type: Article

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