A combined biochemical screen and TILLING approach identifies mutations in Sorghum bicolor L. Moench resulting in acyanogenic forage production

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-66

  Blomstedt, Cecilia K ^a   Gleadow, Roslyn M ^a   O'Donnell, Natalie ^a   Naur, Peter ^b   Jensen, Kenneth ^b   Laursen, Tomas ^b   Olsen, Carl Erik ^b   Stuart, Peter ^c,d   Hamill, John D ^a   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^b   Neale, Alan D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Pacific Seeds   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanide toxicity; CYP79A1; Gene regulation; Mutations; Nitrogen metabolism; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; CYTOCHROME P450; DHURRIN; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NITRILE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS BREEDING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSOME; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; SORGHUM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENOME, PLANT; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MICROSOMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NADP; NITRILES; PHENOTYPE; SORGHUM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 83055194487     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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