Multigene engineering of triacylglycerol metabolism boosts seed oil content in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-36

  van Erp, Harrie ^a   Kelly, Amélie A ^b   Menard, Guillaume ^a   Eastmond, Peter J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84899817879     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.236430     Document Type: Article

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