Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Researchers move closer to converting plants into biofactories

Australian researchers have moved closer to converting plants into biofactories capable of producing oils to replace petrochemicals. Scientists working within the joint CSIRO/Grains Research and Devellopment Corporation Crop Biofactories Initiative (CBI) have achieved a major advance by accumulating 30% of an unusual fatty acid (UFA) in the model plant, Arabidopsis.

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