Increasing the stearate content in seed oil of Brassica juncea by heterologous expression of MlFatB affects lipid content and germination frequency of transgenic seeds

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 345-355

  Bhattacharya, Surajit ^a   Sinha, Saheli ^a,b   Das, Natasha ^a   Maiti, Mrinal K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica juncea (Indian mustard); Erucic acid; FatB thioesterase; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Metabolic engineering; Seed lipid; Stearic acid

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; STEARIC ACID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE OIL;

GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MUSTARD; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MUSTARD PLANT; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; STEARIC ACIDS;

EID: 84941121032     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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