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Metabolic engineering of folate and its precursors in Mexican common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Folate (vitamin B9) deficiency causes several health problems globally. However, folate biofortification of major staple crops is one alternative that can be used to improve vitamin intakes in populations at risk. We increased the folate levels in common bean by engineering the pteridine branch requ...

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Autores principales: Ramírez Rivera, Naty G., García‐Salinas, Carolina, Aragão, Francisco J.L., Díaz de la Garza, Rocío Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26997331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12561