Low-temperature resistance or higher plants is significantly enhanced by a nonspecific cyanobacterial desaturase

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1003-1006

  Ishizaki Nishizawa, Osamu ^a   Fujii, Toshio ^a   Azuma, Mizue ^a   Sekiguchi, Keiko ^a   Murata, Norio ^a,b   Ohtani, Takeshi ^a   Toguri, Toshihiro ^a  

^a KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Low temperature resistance; Membrane lipids; Transgenic plants; 9 desaturase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE TARGETING; HEAT TOLERANCE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CAULIMOVIRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; CYANOBACTERIA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO;

EID: 0029819934     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0896-1003     Document Type: Article

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