Seed-specific heterologous expression of a nasturtium FAE gene in Arabidopsis results in a dramatic increase in the proportion of erucic acid

Plant Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2665-2675

  Mietkiewska, Elzbieta ^a,c   Giblin, E Michael ^a   Wang, Song ^a   Barton, Dennis L ^b   Dirpaul, Joan ^a   Brost, Jennifer M ^a   Katavic, Vesna ^b   Taylor, David C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CanAmera Foods   (Canada)

^c PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ERUCIC ACID; GENE ENCODING; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

GENES;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TROPAEOLACEAE; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERUCIC ACID; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATERCRESS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ERUCIC ACIDS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASTURTIUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO;

EID: 16544370139     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.046839     Document Type: Article

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