Function and localization of the Arabidopsis thaliana diacylglycerol acyltransferase DGAT2 expressed in yeast

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Aymé, Laure ^a   Baud, Sébastien ^a   Dubreucq, Bertrand ^a   Joffre, Florent ^b   Chardot, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b Institut des Corps Gras   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; FAT DROPLET; SQUALENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CODON; DGAT2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DGAT1 GENE; DGAT2 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CODON; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIPID DROPLETS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84899712423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092237     Document Type: Article

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