Significant enhancement of fatty acid composition in seeds of the allohexaploid, Camelina sativa, using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 648-657

  Jiang, Wen Zhi ^a   Henry, Isabelle M ^b   Lynagh, Peter G ^b   Comai, Luca ^b   Cahoon, Edgar B ^a   Weeks, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allohexaploid; Camelina sativa; CRISPR Cas9; fatty acid composition; gene editing; oleic acid

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FAD2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FATTY ACID; GUIDE RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICACEAE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE EDITING; GENETICS; GERMLINE MUTATION; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICACEAE; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EDITING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; RNA, GUIDE; SEEDS;

EID: 85018757081     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12663     Document Type: Article

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