Effect of a mutagenized acyl‑ACP thioesterase FATA allele from sunflower with improved activity in tobacco leaves and Arabidopsis seeds

Planta

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 667-677

  Moreno, Antonio Javier‑Pérez ^a   Venegas, Mónica‑Calerón ^a   Vaistij, Fabián E ^b   Salas, Joaquin J ^a   Larson, Tony R ^b   Garcés, Rafael ^a   Graham, Ian A ^b   Martínez, Enrique‑Force ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyl ACP thioesterase; Arabidopsis; Fatty acids; Helianthus annuus; Sink tissues; Tobacco; Transient expression; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

OLEOYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) HYDROLASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUNFLOWER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELIANTHUS; LIPID METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TOBACCO;

EID: 84925545035     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-2003-0     Document Type: Article

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