An engineered lipid remodeling system using a galactolipid synthase promoter during phosphate starvation enhances oil accumulation in plants

Inorganic phosphate (Pi) depletion is a serious problem for plant growth. Membrane lipid remodeling is a defense mechanism that plants use to survive Pi-depleted conditions. During Pi starvation, phospholipids are degraded to supply Pi for other essential biological processes, whereas galactolipid s...

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Main Authors: Mie eShimojima, Yuka eMadoka, Ryota eFujiwara, Masato eMurakawa, Yushi eYoshitake, Keiko eIkeda, Ryota eKoizumi, Keiji eEndo, Katsuya eOzaki, Hiroyuki eOhta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00664/full