Constitutive expression of the β-ketothiolase gene in transgenic plants. A major obstacle for obtaining polyhydroxybutyrate-producing plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1282-1290

  Bohmert, Karen ^a   Balbo, Ilse ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a   Tischendorf, Gilbert ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a  

^a Metabolix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENES; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

PROMOTERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; LECTIN; PHASIN; PLANT LECTIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETYL-COA C-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; LECTINS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYESTERS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO;

EID: 0036010654     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010615     Document Type: Article

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