Novel biotechnological approaches to produce biological compounds: challenges and opportunities for science communication

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2019, Pages 43-47

  Pei, Lei ^a   Schmidt, Markus ^a  

^a Biofaction KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS;

BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES; IN-VIVO; NEW PLANTS; REAL-WORLD; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS; SOCIAL ISSUES;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ARTEMISININ; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

BERRY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM; CROP PRODUCTION; DNA METHYLATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANT BREEDING TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 85053525635     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2018.08.012     Document Type: Review

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