Generation of transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for constitutive accumulation of an Aspergillus phytase

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-206

  Brinch Pedersen, Henrik ^a   Olesen, Annette ^b   Rasmussen, Søren K ^c   Holm, Preben B ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heterologous protein accumulation; Phytase; Phytate phosphorus digestibility; Phytic acid; Transformation; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HETEROLOGOUS PRODUCT; INHERITANCE; MESSENGER RNA; MICROPROJECTILE BOMBARDMENT; PHYA GENE; PHYTASE; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ENZYMES; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORUS;

HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN ACCUMULATION; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; PHYTASES; PHYTATE PHOSPHORUS; PHYTATE PHOSPHORUS DIGESTIBILITY; PHYTIC ACIDS; PROTEIN ACCUMULATION; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSGENIC WHEAT; TRITICUM AESTIVUM L;

ASPERGILLUS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034117707     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009690730620     Document Type: Article

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