High-level fructooligosaccharide production in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-81

  Fukutomi, Daisuke ^a   Yoshinaka, Kyouji ^a   Kawamoto, Sachiko ^a   Mitsunari, Takashi ^a   Kajita, Shinya ^a   Kawai, Shinya ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fructofuranosidase; Aspergillus niger; Fructooligosaccharides; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878032681     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.12.1022a     Document Type: Note

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