Transcriptional and biochemical responses of monoacylglycerol acyltransferase-mediated oil synthesis and associated senescence-like responses in Nicotiana benthamiana

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Divi, Uday K ^a   El Tahchy, Anna ^a   Vanhercke, Thomas ^a   Petrie, James R ^a   Robles Martinez, Jose A ^a,b   Singh, Surinder P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Diacylglycerol; Differential gene expression; Monoacylglycerol; Nicotiana benthamiana; Oil increase; Senescence; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902268082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00204     Document Type: Article

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