Towards oilcane: Engineering hyperaccumulation of triacylglycerol into sugarcane stems

Up-regulation of lipid biosynthesis increases the oil content in leaves of Sorghum bicolor

(2018) Thomas Vanhercke et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Step changes in leaf oil accumulation via iterative metabolic engineering

(2017) Thomas Vanhercke et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

TALEN-mediated targeted mutagenesis of more than 100 COMT copies/alleles in highly polyploid sugarcane improves saccharification efficiency without compromising biomass yield

(2017) Baskaran Kannan et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Genetic enhancement of oil content in potato tuber (Solanum tuberosumL.) through an integrated metabolic engineering strategy

(2016) Qing Liu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Synthetic redesign of plant lipid metabolism

(2016) Richard P. Haslam et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

TALEN mediated targeted mutagenesis of the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase in highly polyploid sugarcane improves cell wall composition for production of bioethanol

(2016) Je Hyeong Jung et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transgene integration complexity and expression stability following biolistic or Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sugarcane

(2015) Hao Wu et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT

Metabolic engineering of sugarcane to accumulate energy-dense triacylglycerols in vegetative biomass

(2015) Janice Zale et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Flexible and Versatile Strategy for the Construction of Large Biochemical Pathways

(2015) Yongbo Yuan et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Metabolic engineering of medium-chain fatty acid biosynthesis in Nicotiana benthamiana plant leaf lipids

(2015) Kyle B. Reynolds et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Arabidopsis Lipins, PDAT1 Acyltransferase, and SDP1 Triacylglycerol Lipase Synergistically Direct Fatty Acids toward  -Oxidation, Thereby Maintaining Membrane Lipid Homeostasis

(2014) J. Fan et al.   PLANT CELL

Synergistic effect of WRI1 and DGAT1 coexpression on triacylglycerol biosynthesis in plants

(2013) Thomas Vanhercke et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Mature-stem expression of a silencing-resistant sucrose isomerase gene drives isomaltulose accumulation to high levels in sugarcane

(2013) Stephen R. Mudge et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Metabolic engineering of biomass for high energy density: oilseed-like triacylglycerol yields from plant leaves

(2013) Thomas Vanhercke et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Dual Role for Phospholipid:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase: Enhancing Fatty Acid Synthesis and Diverting Fatty Acids from Membrane Lipids to Triacylglycerol in Arabidopsis Leaves

(2013) J. Fan et al.   PLANT CELL

Altered Lipid Composition and Enhanced Nutritional Value of Arabidopsis Leaves following Introduction of an Algal Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2

(2013) Sanjaya et al.   PLANT CELL

Sugarcane Loading Stem Gene promoters drive transgene expression preferentially in the stem

(2013) Richard L. Moyle et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

In Vivo Packaging of Triacylglycerols Enhances Arabidopsis Leaf Biomass and Energy Density

(2013) S. Winichayakul et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The SUGAR-DEPENDENT1 Lipase Limits Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Vegetative Tissues of Arabidopsis

(2013) A. A. Kelly et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Metabolic Engineering with Plants for a Sustainable Biobased Economy

(2013) Jong Moon Yoon et al.   Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

TGD1, -2, and -3 Proteins Involved in Lipid Trafficking Form ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) Transporter with Multiple Substrate-binding Proteins

(2012) Rebecca L. Roston et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Metabolic engineering of the omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway into transgenic plants

(2012) N. Ruiz-Lopez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A gypsy-like sequence from Arabidopsis thaliana exhibits enhancer-blocking activity in transgenic plants

(2012) Stacy D. Singer et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Recruiting a New Substrate for Triacylglycerol Synthesis in Plants: The Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase Pathway

(2012) James R. Petrie et al.   PLoS One

Replacing fossil oil with fresh oil - with what and for what?

(2011) Anders S. Carlsson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rapid production of transgenic sugarcane with the introduction of simple loci following biolistic transfer of a minimal expression cassette and direct embryogenesis

(2011) Yogesh Taparia et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT

Oleosin Is Bifunctional Enzyme That Has Both Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase and Phospholipase Activities

(2011) Velayoudame Parthibane et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Compartmentation of Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Plants

(2011) Kent D. Chapman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Minimizing the unpredictability of transgene expression in plants: the role of genetic insulators

(2011) Stacy D. Singer et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

The effect of biomass moisture content on bioethanol yields from steam pretreated switchgrass and sugarcane bagasse

(2010) Shannon Ewanick et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Sugarcane for bioenergy production: an assessment of yield and regulation of sucrose content

(2010) Alessandro J. Waclawovsky et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Molecular modification of triacylglycerol accumulation by over-expression of DGAT1 to produce canola with increased seed oil content under field conditionsThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue from the National Research Council of Canada – Plant Biotechnology Institute.

(2009) David C. Taylor et al.   Botany

A high-oleic-acid and low-palmitic-acid soybean: agronomic performance and evaluation as a feedstock for biodiesel

(2009) George Graef et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Tobacco as a production platform for biofuel: overexpression ofArabidopsis DGATandLEC2genes increases accumulation and shifts the composition of lipids in green biomass

(2009) Vyacheslav Andrianov et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A transformation booster sequence (TBS) from Petunia hybrida functions as an enhancer-blocking insulator in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Jean-Michel Hily et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

A phenylalanine in DGAT is a key determinant of oil content and composition in maize

(2008) Peizhong Zheng et al.   NATURE GENETICS

DNA assembler, an in vivo genetic method for rapid construction of biochemical pathways

(2008) Zengyi Shao et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Co-integration, co-expression and inheritance of unlinked minimal transgene expression cassettes in an apomictic turf and forage grass (Paspalum notatum Flugge)

(2008) Sukhpreet Sandhu et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS