Diacylglycerol kinase ( Two independent Overexpression of Together, these results indicate that
Plant oils are valuable commodities for food, feed, renewable industrial feedstocks and biofuels. To increase vegetable oil production, here we show that the nonspecific phospholipase C6 (NPC6) promotes seed oil production in the Brassicaceae seed oil species Arabidopsis, Camelina and oilseed rape. Overexpression of Candidate‐gene association study in oilseed rape indicates that only These results indicate that NPC6 promotes membrane glycerolipid turnover to accumulate TAG production in oil seeds and that
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10458790
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- New Phytologist
- Volume:
- 226
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 0028-646X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 1055-1073
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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