Co-expression of the borage Δ6 desaturase and the Arabidopsis Δ15 desaturase results in high accumulation of stearidonic acid in the seeds of transgenic soybean

Planta

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1050-1057

  Eckert, Helene ^a   LaVallee, Brad ^a   Schweiger, Bruce J ^b   Kinney, Anthony J ^b   Cahoon, Edgar B ^c   Clemente, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Agrobacterium; Glycine max

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 15 DESATURASE; DELTA-15 DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; STEARIDONIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BORAGO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BORAGO; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GENE EXPRESSION; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; BORAGINACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33748930822     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0291-3     Document Type: Article

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