Central metabolic fluxes in the endosperm of developing maize seeds and their implications for metabolic engineering

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-107

  Alonso, Ana P ^a,b   Val, Dale L ^c   Shachar Hill, Yair ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Monsanto Calgene Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon conversion efficiency; Endosperm assimilates; Futile cycling; Metabolic engineering; Metabolic flux analysis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONVERSIONS; ENDOSPERM ASSIMILATES; FUTILE CYCLING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; ZEA MAYS;

BIOMASS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SUBSTRATES;

METABOLISM;

ALANINE; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; PYRUVATE KINASE; STARCH; SUCROSE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPERM; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAIZE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT TISSUE; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED KERNEL; STEADY STATE; SUNFLOWER;

CARBON ISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSPERM; GENE TARGETING; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEA MAYS;

HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650554169     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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