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Golden Rice gets a boost from maize

A more nutritious version of Golden Rice may offer a practical solution to vitamin A deficiency.

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Figure 1: Engineered carotenoid pathway in grains of Golden Rice.

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Grusak, M. Golden Rice gets a boost from maize. Nat Biotechnol 23, 429–430 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0405-429

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