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The ABCs of low-phytate crops

Nature Biotechnology volume 25, pages 874–875 (2007)Cite this article

The nutritional quality of maize and soybean seeds is improved by embryo-specific silencing of an ABC transporter.

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Figure 1: Potential targets for reducing phytic-acid levels during seed development.

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  1. Victor Raboy is at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Small Grains and Potato Research Unit, 1691 South 2700 West, Aberdeen, Idaho 83210, USA. vraboy@uidaho.edu,

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V.R. is the inventor and the US Department of Agriculture is the assignee for US patent no. 5,689,054, “Low phytic acid mutants and selection thereof.” V.R. also has grants, cooperations and confidentiality agreements in this area of research.

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