Erratum: Transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica juncea HMG-CoA synthase 1 shows increased plant growth, pod size and seed yield (PLoS ONE (2014) 9:5 (e98264) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098264);Transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica juncea HMG-CoA synthase 1 shows increased plant growth, pod size and seed yield

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Liao, Pan ^a,c   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Mingfu ^a   Hsiao, An Shan ^a   Bach, Thomas J ^b   Chye, Mee Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHYTOSTEROL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA JUNCEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP85A1 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 1 GENE; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 2 GENE; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 3 GENE; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 4 GENE; GERMINATION; HMGR1 GENE; HMGS1 GENE; IPPI1 GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PARAMETERS; POD SIZE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEED YIELD; SMT1 2 GENE; SMT2 1 GENE; SMT2 2 GENE; SQS GENE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; TOBACCO; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUSTARD; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; MUSTARD PLANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84901306127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108026     Document Type: Erratum

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