High level accumulation of gamma linolenic acid (C18:3Δ6.9,12 cis) in transgenic safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-381

  Nykiforuk, Cory L ^a   Shewmaker, Christine ^b   Harry, Indra ^a   Yurchenko, Olga P ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a   Reed, Catherine ^a   Oinam, Gunamani S ^a   Zaplachinski, Steve ^a   Fidantsef, Ana ^c   Boothe, Joseph G ^a   Moloney, Maurice M ^a,d  

^a SemBioSys Genetics Inc   (Canada)

^b BluGoose Consulting   (United States)

^c Arcadia Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Fatty acid modification; Gamma linolenic acid; Transgenic seed

Indexed keywords

GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OLEIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; RHIZOBIUM; SAFFLOWER; SAPROLEGNIA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; OLEIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SAPROLEGNIA; SEEDS;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIA DICLINA;

EID: 84859107391     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-011-9543-5     Document Type: Article

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