The soybean Dof-type transcription factor genes, GmDof4 and GmDof11, enhance lipid content in the seeds of transgenic Arabidopsis plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 716-729

  Wang, Hui Wen ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Hao, Yu Jun ^a   Huang, Jian ^a   Tian, Ai Guo ^a   Liao, Yong ^a   Zhang, Jin Song ^a   Chen, Shou Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dof; Lipid; Seed; Soybean; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; GENES; LIPIDS; MICROARRAYS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

DIVERSE PATTERNS; DNA BINDING; SOYBEAN;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

LIPID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 35848936305     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03268.x     Document Type: Article

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