Characterization of a Cruciferin Deficient Mutant of Arabidopsis and Its Utility for Overexpression of Foreign Proteins in Plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Yimei ^a   Pajak, Agnieszka ^b   Marsolais, Frédéric ^b,c   McCourt, Peter ^a   Riggs, C Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUCIFERIN PROTEIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRU3 GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; MASS SCREENING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHA GENE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PLANT YIELD; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SSP1 GENE; STOP CODON; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPID METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

EID: 84878339447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064980     Document Type: Article

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