Overexpression of SiDGAT1, a gene encoding acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase from Sesamum indicum L. increases oil content in transgenic Arabidopsis and soybean

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 399-410

  Wang, Zhikun ^a   Huang, Wenjia ^a   Chang, Jianmin ^a   Sebastian, Arun ^a   Li, Yongguang ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a   Wu, Xiaoxia ^a   Zhang, Binbin ^a   Meng, Fanli ^a   Li, Wenbin ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Diacylglycerol acyl transferase gene; Fatty acids; Seed oil content; Seed weight; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FATTY ACIDS; GENE ENCODING; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SIGNAL ENCODING; SILICON; VIRUSES;

ARABIDOPSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL; SEED OIL CONTENTS; SEED WEIGHT; SOYBEAN;

SOYBEAN OIL;

EID: 84910122643     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0543-z     Document Type: Article

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