Manipulation of saponin biosynthesis by RNA interference-mediated silencing of β-amyrin synthase gene expression in soybean

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1835-1846

  Takagi, Kyoko ^a,b   Nishizawa, Keito ^b,c   Hirose, Aya ^b   Kita, Akiko ^b   Ishimoto, Masao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyrin synthase; RNA interference; Saponin; Secondary metabolites; Soybean

Indexed keywords

2,3 OXIDOSQUALENE BETA AMYRIN CYCLASE; 2,3-OXIDOSQUALENE-BETA-AMYRIN-CYCLASE; BETA CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; BETA-CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; GLOBULIN; MUTASE; PLANT ANTIGEN; SAPONIN; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIGENS, PLANT; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLOBULINS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SAPONINS; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; SEEDS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 80052773706     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1091-1     Document Type: Article

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