Constitutive or seed-specific overexpression of Arabidopsis G-protein γ subunit 3 (AGG3) results in increased seed and oil production and improved stress tolerance in Camelina sativa

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-59

  Roy Choudhury, Swarup ^a   Riesselman, Adam J ^a   Pandey, Sona ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AGG3; Camelina sativa; Heterotrimeric G proteins; Oil content; Seed number and size; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICACEAE; CAMELINA; CAMELINA SATIVA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT;

AGG3; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CAMELINA SATIVA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROTRIMERIC G-PROTEINS; METABOLISM; OIL CONTENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED NUMBER AND SIZE; STRESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGG3; CAMELINA SATIVA; HETEROTRIMERIC G-PROTEINS; OIL CONTENT; SEED NUMBER AND SIZE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BRASSICACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

EID: 84891166062     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12115     Document Type: Article

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