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March 10, 2015

Biofuel proteomics
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2015
If advanced biofuels are to replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on a gallon-for-gallon basis at competitive pricing, we're going to need a new generation of fuel crops - plants designed specifically to serve as feedstocks for fuels. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have demonstrated the power of a new ally in this effort - proteomics! In a study led by Benjamin Schwessinger, a grass geneticist with JBEI's Feedstocks Division, researchers use ... read more

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