Introduction of the cDNA for Arabidopsis glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) confers unsaturation of fatty acids and chilling tolerance of photosynthesis on rice

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-275

  Yokoi, Shuji ^a   Higashi, Sho Ichi ^b   Kishitani, Sachie ^a   Murata, Norio ^b   Toriyama, Kinya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chilling tolerance; Fatty acid composition; Glycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase; Oryza sativa L.; Phosphatidylglycerol; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; COLD TOLERANCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE TRANSFER; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROMOTER REGION; SQUASH;

GENE TRANSFER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CHILLING SENSITIVITY; CHILLING TOLERANCE; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; ORYZA SATIVA L; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; TRANSFORMATION;

GLYCEROL;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031948050     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009671231614     Document Type: Article

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