Enhanced accumulation of fatty acids and triacylglycerols in transgenic tobacco stems for enhanced bioenergy production

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1041-1052

  Nookaraju, Akula ^a,b,c   Pandey, Shashank K ^a   Fujino, Takeshi ^a   Kim, Ju Young ^a   Suh, Mi Chung ^a   Joshi, Chandrashekhar P ^a,b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kaveri Seed Company Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Renewable energy; Tobacco; Triacylglycerols; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; DGAT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; LEC2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XYLEM;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; XYLEM;

EID: 84902382742     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1582-y     Document Type: Article

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