Over-expression of the cucumber expansin gene (Cs-EXPA1) in transgenic maize seed for cellulose deconstruction

Transgenic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-186

  Yoon, Sangwoong ^a,h   Devaiah, Shivakumar P ^b   Choi, Seo eun ^c   Bray, Jeff ^d   Love, Robert ^e   Lane, Jeffrey ^f   Drees, Carol ^e   Howard, John H ^g   Hood, Elizabeth E ^c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hannah Engineering ^*  (United States)

^f Hannah Engineering   (United States)

^g Applied Biotechnology Institute   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumber expansin; Expansin assay; Over expression; Transgenic maize

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; EXPANSIN PROTEIN, PLANT; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUCUMBER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84951938595     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: 15739368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-015-9925-1     Document Type: Article

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