Modifying fatty acid profiles through a new cytokinin-based plastid transformation system

Plant Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1131-1138

  Dunne, Aisling ^a,b   Maple Grødem, Jodi ^c   Gargano, Daniela ^c,g   Haslam, Richard P ^d   Napier, Johnathan A ^d   Chua, Nam Hai ^e   Russell, Rosalind ^a   Møller, Simon Geir ^a,b,f  

^a Plastid AS   (Norway)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

cytokinin; fatty acids; Nicotiana tabacum; plastid transformation; technical advance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SIGNAL ENCODING; TOBACCO;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEINS; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALTERNATIVE SELECTIONS; CYTOKININ; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

FATTY ACIDS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKININ; FATTY ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASTID; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CYTOKININS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; SPECTINOMYCIN; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84916629344     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12684     Document Type: Article

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