Cloning and characterization of a β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II from Jatropha curcas

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 816-824

  Wei, Qian ^a,b   Li, Jun ^a,c   Zhang, Lin ^a,b   Wu, Pingzhi ^a   Chen, Yaping ^a   Li, Meiru ^a   Jiang, Huawu ^a   Wu, Guojiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Jatropha curcas; KAS II

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JATROPHA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; JATROPHA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 84862818444     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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