Purification of a jojoba embryo wax synthase, cloning of its cDNA, and production of high levels of wax in seeds of transgenic Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 645-655

  Lardizabal, K D ^a   Metz, J G ^a   Sakamoto, T ^a   Hutton, W C ^a   Pollard, M R ^a   Lassner, M W ^a  

^a Calgene LLC Monsanto   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ANALYTIC METHOD; BETA KETO ACYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LUNARIA ANNUA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WAX SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS;

EID: 0033765914     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.3.645     Document Type: Article

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