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Published online 27 March 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020325-4
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Application of metabolic engineering to improve both the production and use of biotech indigo
Biotech bugs turn indigo blue in a green way.
Jeans dyed blue by bacteria may soon be swaggering down the streets. Researchers have genetically modified bugs to churn out the indigo pigment used to stain denim.
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