Heterologous expression of Brassica juncea microsomal ω-3 desaturase gene (BjFad3) improves the nutritionally desirable ω-6:ω-3 fatty acid ratio in rice bran oil

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-129

  Bhattacharya, Surajit ^a   Chattopadhyaya, Banani ^a,b   Koduru, Lokanand ^a,c   Das, Natasha ^a   Maiti, Mrinal K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MOHALI   (India)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bran specific transgene expression; Microsomal 3 desaturase (Fad3); Nutritional improvement; Rice bran oil (RBO); linolenic acid; 6: 3 fatty acid ratio

Indexed keywords

FURFURAL; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; TOBACCO;

DESATURASE; LINOLENIC ACIDS; NUTRITIONAL IMPROVEMENT; RICE BRAN OIL (RBO); TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

LINOLEIC ACID;

EID: 84910120617     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0518-0     Document Type: Article

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