Molecular and biochemical analysis of the castor caruncle reveals a set of unique genes involved in oil accumulation in non-seed tissues.

Xia WanQing LiuBei DongSapna Vibhakaran PillaiFeng-Hong HuangSurinder P SinghXue-Rong Zhou

Published in: Biotechnology for biofuels (2019)

Castor caruncle utilizes an independent system to synthesize TAGs. Results provide the possibility of exploiting caruncle gene set to engineer oil production in non-seed tissues or microbes.

Keyphrases

gene expression
fatty acid
copy number
single molecule
dna methylation