Increased Bioavailable Vitamin B6 in Field-grown Transgenic Cassava for Dietary Sufficiency

Overview

Journal Nat Biotechnol

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2015 Oct 9

PMID 26448082

Citations 22

Authors

Kuan-Te Li

Michael Moulin

Nathalie Mangel

Monique Albersen

Nanda M Verhoeven-Duif

Qiuxiang Ma

Peng Zhang

Teresa B Fitzpatrick

Wilhelm Gruissem

Herve Vanderschuren

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