Hairpin-RNA mediated silencing of endogenous FAD2 gene combined with heterologous expression of Crambe abyssinica FAE gene causes an increase in the level of erucic acid in transgenic Brassica carinata seeds

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 619-627

  Mietkiewska, Elzbieta ^a,b,c   Hoffman, Travis L ^a   Brost, Jennifer M ^a   Giblin, E Michael ^a   Barton, Dennis L ^a   Francis, Tammy ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Taylor, David C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 Ketoacyl CoA synthase gene (KCS); Brassica carinata; Erucic acid; Fatty acid elongase gene (FAE); Gene silencing; Hairpin RNA mediated silencing (RNAi); Oleate desaturase gene (FAD2)

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CROPS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

3-KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE GENE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA CARINATUM; ERUCIC ACID; FATTY ACID ELONGASE; FATTY ACID ELONGASE GENE; GENE SILENCING; HAIRPIN RNA; HAIRPIN RNA-MEDIATED SILENCING; OLEATE DESATURASE; OLEATE DESATURASE GENE (FAD2); SYNTHASE GENE;

RNA;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CRAMBE ABYSSINICA;

EID: 52449121553     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-008-9204-4     Document Type: Article

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