Expression and subcellular targeting of a soybean oleosin in transgenic rapeseed. Implications for the mechanism of oil-body formation in seeds

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 783-796

  Sarmiento, Cristina ^a,c   Ross, Joanne H E ^a   Herman, Eliot ^b   Murphy, Denis J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL INCLUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRASSICA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0031128429     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11040783.x     Document Type: Article

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