Towards the production of high levels of eicosapentaenoic acid in transgenic plants: The effects of different host species, genes and promoters

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Cheng, Bifang ^a,b   Wu, Guohai ^a   Vrinten, Patricia ^a   Falk, Kevin ^b   Bauer, Joerg ^c   Qiu, Xiao ^d  

^a Bioriginal Food and Science Corporation   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

B. juncea; Brassica carinata; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ERUCIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRASSICA; CLASSIFICATION; CLAVICEPS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; PYTHIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRASSICA; CLAVICEPS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERUCIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYTHIUM; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77952314220     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9302-z     Document Type: Article

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