A mutation in Arabidopsis cytochrome b5 reductase identified by high-throughput screening differentially affects hydroxylation and desaturation

Plant Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 920-932

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a,b   Wallis, James G ^a   Skidmore, Chris ^a   Browse, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Castor; High throughput; NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase; Ricinoleate; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; HYDROXYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; CASTORS; NADH:CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; RICINOLEATE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

ENZYMES;

CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; FATTY ACID; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE 12 MONOOXYGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE 12-MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CASTOR BEAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE; CYTOCHROMES B5; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RICINUS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROXYLATION; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33845538326     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02925.x     Document Type: Article

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