Harnessing plant metabolic diversity

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-30

  Owen, Charlie ^a   Patron, Nicola J ^a   Huang, Ancheng ^a   Osbourn, Anne ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85019350757     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.04.015     Document Type: Review

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