Target of rapamycin (TOR) plays a critical role in triacylglycerol accumulation in microalgae

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-318

  Imamura, Sousuke ^a,b   Kawase, Yasuko ^a   Kobayashi, Ikki ^a   Sone, Toshiyuki ^a   Era, Atsuko ^b,c   Miyagishima, Shin ya ^b,c   Shimojima, Mie ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Tanaka, Kan ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Cyanidioschyzon merolae; Lipid droplet; Microalga; Target of rapamycin; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; UPREGULATION;

ALGAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN; RHODOPHYTA; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRIGLYCERIDES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84942503303     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0370-6     Document Type: Article

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