Inulin chain length modification using a transgenic approach opening new perspectives for chicory.
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SUBMITTER: Maroufi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068068 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
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Inulin chain length modification using a transgenic approach opening new perspectives for chicory.
Maroufi Asad A Karimi Mansour M Mehdikhanlou Khosro K De Loose Marc M
3 Biotech 20180731 8
Chicory capable of synthesizing long-chain inulin is of great interest. During the growing season, the sucrose-sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase (1-SST) activity is vital for production of long-chain inulin in chicory. With the purpose to increase inulin chain length, we employed <i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated transformation method. Transgenic chicory plants (<i>Cichorium intybus</i> L. var. <i>sativum</i>) cv. 'Melci' has been developed to overexpress sucrose-sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase (1-SST) ...[more]
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