MANIPULATION OF METHIONINE-RICH PROTEIN GENES IN PLANT SEEDS

被引:23
作者
ALTENBACH, SB
SIMPSON, RB
机构
[1] S.B. Altenbach and R.B. Simpson are, the Plant Cell Institute, Dublin, CA 94568
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D O I
10.1016/0167-7799(90)90162-Q
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Animal feeds based on soybean and corn meals are often deficient in the sulfur-containing amino acids, methionine and cysteine. At present, this deficiency is remedied by amino acid supplementation of the diet. A number of methionine-rich seed proteins have been identified; seed-specific expression of genes encoding these proteins is expected to improve the protein quality in feed seed and thereby eliminate the need for supplementation. © 1990.
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