Engineering the production of conjugated fatty acids in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1010-1023

  Yurchenko, Olga ^a   Shockey, Jay M ^b   Gidda, Satinder K ^c   Silver, Maxwell I ^c   Chapman, Kent D ^d   Mullen, Robert T ^c   Dyer, John M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; bio based feedstocks; biofuels; conjugated fatty acids; oil in leaves; Vernicia fordii

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; ELEOSTEARIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LINOLENIC ACIDS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 85016597027     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12695     Document Type: Article

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