Field trial evaluation of the accumulation of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic Camelina sativa: Making fish oil substitutes in plants

Metabolic Engineering Communications

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-98

  Usher, Sarah ^a   Haslam, Richard P ^a   Ruiz Lopez, Noemi ^a,b   Sayanova, Olga ^a   Napier, Johnathan A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Camelina; Fish oils; GM field trials; Oilseeds; Omega 3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Plant metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; NITROGEN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; CAMELINA SATIVA; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER CONTENT;

CAMELINA; CAMELINA SATIVA;

EID: 84939574983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22140301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meteno.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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