Biofortification of rice with the essential amino acid lysine: Molecular characterization, nutritional evaluation, and field performance

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 4285-4296

  Yang, Qing Qing ^a,b   Zhang, Chang Quan ^a   Chan, Man Ling ^b   Zhao, Dong Sheng ^a   Chen, Jin Zhu ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Li, Qian Feng ^a   Yu, Heng Xiu ^a   Gu, Ming Hong ^a   Sun, Samuel Sai Ming ^b   Liu, Qiao Quan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Field performance; Grain quality; Lysine; Metabolic engineering; Pyramid transgenic line; Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LYSINE;

BIOFORTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORYZA; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOFORTIFICATION; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; LYSINE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORYZA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS;

EID: 84978952267     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw209     Document Type: Article

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