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Platform biochemicals for a biorenewable chemical industry

  1. Basil J. Nikolau1,2,3,*,
  2. M. Ann D.N. Perera3,
  3. Libuse Brachova1,
  4. Brent Shanks4

Article first published online: 9 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03484.x

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The Plant Journal

The Plant Journal

Volume 54, Issue 4, pages 536–545, May 2008

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Nikolau, B. J., Perera, M. A. D.N., Brachova, L. and Shanks, B. (2008), Platform biochemicals for a biorenewable chemical industry. The Plant Journal, 54: 536–545. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03484.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA,

  2. 2

    Center for Metabolic Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA,

  3. 3

    W.M. Keck Metabolomics Research Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA, and

  4. 4

    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

* *(fax +1 515 294 0453; e-mail dimmas@iastate.edu).

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  1. Issue published online: 9 MAY 2008
  2. Article first published online: 9 MAY 2008
  3. Received 27 December 2007; revised 28 February 2008; accepted 29 February 2008.

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