Improving erucic acid content in rapeseed through biotechnology: What can the Arabidopsis FAE1 and the yeast SLC1-1 genes contribute?

Crop Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 739-747

  Katavic, Vesna ^a   Friesen, Winnie ^a   Barton, Dennis L ^b   Gossen, Kalie K ^b   Giblin, E Michael ^b   Luciw, Tammy ^a   An, Jing ^a,b   Zou, Jitao ^b   MacKenzie, Samuel L ^b   Keller, Wilfred A ^b   Males, Daryl ^a   Taylor, David C ^b  

^a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CULTIVAR; ELONGASE; ERUCIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC STRAIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PLANT BREEDING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0034955836     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2001.413739x     Document Type: Article

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