Enhanced acetyl-CoA production is associated with increased triglyceride accumulation in the green alga Chlorella desiccata

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3725-3735

  Avidan, Omri ^a   Brandis, Alexander ^a   Rogachev, Ilana ^a   Pick, Uri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA; Chlorella desiccata; Dunaliella tertiolecta; green algae; pyruvate dehydrogenase; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; COENZYME A; MALONYL COENZYME A; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; STARCH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASTID; STANDARD;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLORELLA; COENZYME A; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALONYL COENZYME A; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER; STARCH; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84938261114     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv166     Document Type: Article

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