Algae: An alternative to the higher plant system in gene farming

Molecular Farming in Plants: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

Volumn 9789400722170, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-143

  Griesbeck, Christoph ^a   Kirchmayr, Anna ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2217-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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