Opportunities in plant synthetic biology

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1921-1926

  Cook, Charis ^a   Martin, Lisa ^a   Bastow, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methods; plant science; resources; science policy; synthetic biology; tools

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROP; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SOFTWARE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84898961107     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru013     Document Type: Review

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