Oleosin genes in maize kernels having diverse oil contents are constitutively expressed independent of oil contents: Size and shape of intracellular oil bodies are determined by the oleosins/oils ratio

Planta

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 158-165

  Ting, Julie T L ^a   Lee, Keunmyoung ^a   Ratnayake, Chandra ^a   Platt, Kathryn A ^a   Balsamo, Ronald A ^a   Huang, Anthony H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Illinois high oils; Illinois low oils; Oil body; Oleosin; Oleosin gene; Zea (oil body)

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLEOSIN PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL FRACTIONATION; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED;

BREEDING; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029691399     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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