Erratum: Iron biofortification and homeostasis in transgenic cassava roots expressing an algal iron assimilatory protein, FEA1
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[This corrects the article on p. 171 in vol. 3, PMID: 22993514.].
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Iron Biofortification and Homeostasis in Transgenic Cassava Roots Expressing the Algal Iron Assimilatory Gene, FEA1
We have engineered the tropical root crop cassava (Manihot esculenta) to express the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii iron assimilatory gene, FEA1, in its storage roots with the objective of enhancing the root nutritional qualities. Iron levels in mature cassava storage roots were increased from 10 to 36 ppm in the highest iron accumulating transgenic lines. These iron levels are sufficient to meet th...
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