Characterization of a palmitoyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase (FatB1) in cotton

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-163

  Pirtle, Robert M ^a   Yoder, David W ^a   Huynh, Tu T ^a   Nampaisansuk, Mongkol ^a   Pirtle, Irma L ^a   Chapman, Kent D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl acyl carrier protein thioesterase; cDNA; Enzyme activity; Fatty acid; Gossypium hirsutum; Palmitate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOT TECHNIQUE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CDNA LIBRARY; CLONE; COTTON; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MESSENGER RNA; OLEOYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; OPEN READING FRAME; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN THIOESTERASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0033082216     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029523     Document Type: Article

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