Toward production of jet fuel functionality in oilseeds: Identification of FatB acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterases and evaluation of combinatorial expression strategies in Camelina seeds

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4251-4265

  Kim, Hae Jin ^a   Silva, Jillian E ^a   Vu, Hieu Sy ^a   Mockaitis, Keithanne ^b   Nam, Jeong Won ^c   Cahoon, Edgar B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Camelina; Cuphea; FatB acyl ACP thioesterase; Jet fuel oilseed; Medium chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PALMITOYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CUPHEA; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CUPHEA; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALMITOYL-COA HYDROLASE; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84942094803     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv225     Document Type: Review

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