Modification of fatty acid composition by over- and antisense-expression of a microsomal ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene in transgenic tobacco

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Hamada, Tatsurou ^a   Kodama, Hiroaki ^a   Nishimura, Mitsuo ^a   Iba, Koh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Linolenic acid; Nicotiana tabacum; Overexpression; Transgenic tobacco; 3 fatty acid desaturase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MESSENGER RNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MICROSOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); CAULIMOVIRUS; DNA, PLANT; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MICROSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030111419     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969429     Document Type: Article

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