Increasing the flow of carbon into seed oil

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 866-878

  Weselake, Randall J ^a   Taylor, David C ^b   Rahman, M Habibur ^a   Shah, Saleh ^c   Laroche, André ^d   McVetty, Peter B E ^e   Harwood, John L ^f  

^a Department of Agricultural   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassica; Carbon partitioning; DGAT; Diacyglycerol acyltransferase; Plant breeding; Soybean; Transcription factors; Triacylglycerol biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; CARBON PARTITIONING; DGAT; DIACYGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT BREEDING; SOYBEAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BIOSYNTHESIS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; FUEL OILS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCEROL; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VEGETABLE OILS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUEL; CANOLA; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DICOTYLEDON; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; OIL PRODUCTION; PARTITIONING; PLANT BREEDING; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; REVIEW;

CARBON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 70349779191     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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