Oil biosynthesis in underground oil-rich storage vegetative tissue: Comparison of Cyperus esculentus tuber with oil seeds and fruits

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2519-2540

  Yang, Zhenle ^a   Ji, Hongying ^a   Liu, Dantong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cyperus esculentus; Expression pattern; Fatty acid; Metabolism; Oil; Transcript level; Tuber

Indexed keywords

ACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN)DESATURASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; COENZYME A LIGASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; LIPID PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CYPERUS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PLANT TUBER;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; COENZYME A LIGASES; CYPERUS; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPID METABOLISM; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TUBERS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85014301785     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw165     Document Type: Article

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