[Transgenic plants: towards a more balanced diet?].
Over the past ten years, knowledge of the metabolic capacities of plants has expanded considerably. Combined with technical achievements in gene transfer, a better understanding of metabolic regulation provides new more precise and targeted means of modifying plant products in order to improve health and well being through diet. While a great number of attempts to modify plant metabolism are still in the exploratory phase, some key applications are emerging with applications involving micro and macronutrients.
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INRA, Versailles-Grignon, Biologie Cellulaire, route de Saint-Cyr, F 78026 Versailles Cedex.
D000596:Amino Acids; D004032:Diet; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D014815:Vitamins
D000596:Amino Acids; D014815:Vitamins