Thiamin biofortification of crops

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-7

  Goyer, Aymeric ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS;

BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES; ENGINEERED PLANTS; HUMAN HEALTH; RICE GRAINS; STAPLE CROPS; STARCHY ENDOSPERM;

SEED;

PLANT PROTEIN; THI1 PROTEIN; THIAMIN BINDING PROTEIN; THIAMINE; THIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALEURONE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROP; ENDOSPERM; FOOD GRAIN; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RICE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; THIAMINE;

EID: 84991798505     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.09.005     Document Type: Review

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