Overexpression of hydroxynitrile lyase in cassava roots elevates protein and free amino acids while reducing residual cyanogen levels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Narayanan, Narayanan N ^a   Ihemere, Uzoma ^a   Ellery, Claire ^a   Sayre, Richard T ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYANIDE; CYANOGEN; CYANOHYDRIN; HYDROXYNITRILE LYASE; LINAMARIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ACETONE CYANOHYDRIN; ACETONE CYANOHYDRIN LYASE; ACETONE-CYANOHYDRIN LYASE; LYASE;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOGENESIS; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; WILD TYPE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICS; MANIHOT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; AMINO ACIDS; CYANIDES; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; MANIHOT; NITRILES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960726296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021996     Document Type: Article

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