Poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) production in oilseed leukoplasts of Brassica napus

Planta

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 547-550

  Houmiel, Kathryn L ^a   Slater, Steven ^a   Broyles, Debra ^a   Casagrande, Laura ^a   Colburn, Susan ^a   Gonzalez, Kathleen ^a   Mitsky, Timothy A ^a   Reiser, Steven E ^a   Shah, Devang ^a   Taylor, Nancy B ^a   Tran, Mintien ^a   Valentin, Henry E ^a   Gruys, Kenneth J ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica (PHB production); Plastid (PHB production); Poly( hydroxybutyrate); Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FERMENTED PRODUCT; LEUKOPLAST; PLASTID; POLY BETA HYDROXYBUTYRATE SYNTHETASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYMER PRODUCTION; POLYMER;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0032722526     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050760     Document Type: Article

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