Reduction of trienoic fatty acid content by expression of a double-stranded RNA of a plastid ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene in transgenic tobacco

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 779-785

  Hamada, Tatsuro ^a   Iba, Koh ^b   Shimada, Takiko ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; 3 Fatty acid desaturase; dsRNA; RNAi; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

Α-LINOLENIC ACID; Ω-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DSRNA; RNAI; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

GENES; RNA; TISSUE; TOBACCO;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TOBACCO;

FATTY ACIDS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33745266401     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9009-7     Document Type: Article

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