Production of high levels of 8:0 and 10:0 fatty acids in transgenic canola by overexpression of Ch FatB2, a thioesterase cDNA from Cuphea hookeriana

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Dehesh, Katayoon ^a   Jones, Aubrey ^a,b   Knutzon, Deborah S ^a   Voelker, Toni A ^a  

^a Calgene Inc   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; CUPHEA; CUPHEA HOOKERIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; BRASSICA;

CANOLA OIL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FATB2 PROTEIN, CUPHEA PALUSTRIS; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OLEOYL (ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN) HYDROLASE; OLEOYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CAPRYLATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DECANOIC ACIDS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 0030087860     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09020167.x     Document Type: Article

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