Seed-specific expression of AtLEC1 increased oil content and altered fatty acid composition in seeds of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Tang, Guiying ^a   Xu, Pingli ^a   Ma, Wenhua ^a,b   Wang, Fang ^a,c   Liu, Zhanji ^a   Wan, Shubo ^a,b   Shan, Lei ^a,b,c  

^a SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis LEC1 (AtLEC1) overexpression; Fatty acid synthesis; Oil accumulation; Seed specific promoter; Transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043367558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00260     Document Type: Article

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