Production of new polymeric compounds in plants.
Plant metabolic engineering has recently enabled the synthesis of a range of polyhydroxyalkanoates as well as a protein-based polymer. These novel compounds can be harvested from plants as a renewable source of environmentally friendly polymers or can be used to change the physical properties of plant products, such as fibres.
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Institut d'Ecologie-Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Université deLausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. yves.poirier@ie-bpv.unil.ch
D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D011091:Polyesters
D010940:Plant Proteins; D011091:Polyesters