Vernonia DGATs increase accumulation of epoxy fatty acids in oil

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-195

  Li, Runzhi ^a   Yu, Keshun ^a   Hatanaka, Tomoko ^b   Hildebrand, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epoxy soybean oil; Stokesia epoxygenase; Triacylglycerol"; Vernolic acid; Vernonia diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1 and DGAT2)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; EPOXIDE; OLEIC ACID; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE OIL; VERNOLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PETUNIA; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VERNONIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLEIC ACIDS; PETUNIA; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOYBEANS; VERNONIA;

GLYCINE MAX; PETUNIA; STOKESIA LAEVIS; VERNONIA; VERNONIA GALAMENSIS;

EID: 73949093587     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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