Cloning and functional analysis of three diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes from peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Chi, Xiaoyuan ^a,b   Hu, Ruibo ^c   Zhang, Xiaowen ^d   Chen, Mingna ^a   Chen, Na ^a   Pan, Lijuan ^a   Wang, Tong ^a   Wang, Mian ^a   Yang, Zhen ^a   Wang, Quanfu ^e   Yu, Shanlin ^a  

^a SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FAT DROPLET; FATTY ACID;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTYLEDON; DGAT1 1 GENE; DGAT1 2 GENE; DGAT3 3 GENE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEANUT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPID DROPLETS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84907469949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105834     Document Type: Article

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