Tailoring plant metabolism for the production of novel polymers and platform chemicals

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Börnke, Frederik ^a   Broer, Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; CARBOHYDRATE; COLLAGEN; CYANOPHYCIN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SILK; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOHYDRATES; COLLAGEN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SILK;

EID: 84927676552     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.01.005     Document Type: Review

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