Synthetic biology in plastids

Plant Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 783-798

  Scharff, Lars B ^a   Bock, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

chloroplast; metabolic engineering; plastid transformation; reverse genetics; synthetic biology; synthetic genomics

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MACHINERY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SIZE DETERMINATION;

CHLOROPLAST; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; REVERSE GENETICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC GENOMICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

CHLOROPLAST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASTID; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHLOROPLASTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84901592363     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12356     Document Type: Review

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