Morphological and metabolic changes in transgenic wheat with altered glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase or acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase activities
Dan. Edlin et al., Morphological and metabolic changes in transgenic wheat with altered glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase or acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase activities, BIOCH SOC T, 28, 2000, pp. 682-683
We have transformed varieties of wheat with a Pisum sativum glycerol-3-phos
phate acyltransferase gene, and also with an Arabidopsis thaliana acyl-ACP
thioesterase gene. Morphological (growth, organelle development) and metabo
lic changes (fatty acid labelling of chloroplast and non-chloroplast lipids
) have been observed in transgenics with altered gene expression for either
enzyme.