We have genetically modified the fatty acid composition of cottonseed oil using the recently
developed technique of hairpin RNA-mediated gene silencing to down-regulate the seed …

Gene technology and plant breeding are combining to provide powerful means for modifying
the composition of oilseeds to improve their nutritional value and provide the functional …

Cottonseed typically contains about 15% oleic acid. Here we report the development of
transgenic cotton plants with higher seed oleic acid levels. Plants were generated by …

The fatty acid composition in the seed oil was significantly modified following the
introduction of transgenes. To further enhance the desirable characteristics of rapeseed oil …

The regulation of genes involved in primary lipid metabolism in plants is much less well
understood than that in many other pathways in plant biology. In the investigation reported …

Abstract Background Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the most abundant form of storage oil in
plants. They consist of three fatty acid chains (usually C16 or C18) covalently linked to …

RNA interference (RNAi) has been recently employed as an effective experimental tool for
both basic and applied biological studies in various organisms including plants. RNAi …

It is desirable to produce high homogeneity of novel fatty acids in oilseeds through genetic
engineering to meet the increasing demands of the oleo‐chemical industry. However …

We investigated whether termination of transcripts with a self‐cleaving ribozyme can
enhance nuclear retention and serve as a tool to decrease specific plant gene expression …

Molecular gene transfer techniques have been used to engineer the fatty acid composition
of Brassica rapa and Brassica napus (canola) oil. Stearoyl-acyl carrier protein (stearoyl …