Reducing isozyme competition increases target fatty acid accumulation in seed triacylglycerols of transgenic Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-46

  van Erp, Harrie ^a,b   Shockey, Jay ^c   Zhang, Meng ^d,e   Adhikari, Neil D ^a   Browse, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; VERNICIA FORDII;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DGAT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; ISOENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALEURITES; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; RICINUS COMMUNIS; STEREOISOMERISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALEURITES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CASTOR BEAN; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; HOMOZYGOTE; ISOENZYMES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84929494234     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.254110     Document Type: Article

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