Modification of seed oil content and acyl composition in the Brassicaceae by expression of a yeast sn-2 acyltransferase gene

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 909-923

  Zou, Jitao ^a   Katavic, Vesna ^b   Giblin, E Michael ^a   Barton, Dennis L ^b   MacKenzie, Samuel L ^a   Keller, Wilfred A ^a   Hu, Xu ^a   Taylor, David C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CanAmera Foods   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; SEED OIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0031153998     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.6.909     Document Type: Article

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