Decreasing erucic acid level by RNAi-mediated silencing of fatty acid elongase 1 (BnFAE1.1) in rapeseeds (Brassica napus L.)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 61, 2011, Pages 13194-13201

  Tian, Baoming ^a   Wei, Fang ^a   Shu, Haiyan ^a   Zhang, Qiaoling ^b   Zang, Xin ^a   Lian, Yuli ^c  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chaoyang Teachers College   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica napus l.; Down regulation; Erucic acid; Fatty acid elongase; Intron spliced hairpin rna

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ARACHIDIC ACID; ERUCIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ELONGASE 1; NAPIN; OLEIC ACID; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BNFAE1.1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; INTRON; INVERTED REPEAT; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; RAPESEED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SPLICING; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 80054711638     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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