Soybean oil biosynthesis: Role of diacylglycerol acyltransferases

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-113

  Li, Runzhi ^a,c   Hatanaka, Tomoko ^b   Yu, Keshun ^c   Wu, Yongmei ^a,c   Fukushige, Hirotada ^c   Hildebrand, David ^c  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

DGAT specificity; DGAT1; Gene expression; Genomic architecture; Glycine max; Triacylglycerol metabolism

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1A; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1B; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1C; OLEOYL COENZYME A; PLANT DNA; SOYBEAN OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXON; FLOWER; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIGLYCERIDES; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SOYBEAN OIL; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84875753110     PISSN: 1438793X     EISSN: 14387948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10142-012-0306-z     Document Type: Article

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