Cloning and characterization of EgGDSL, a gene associated with oil content in oil palm

• Main Authors: Zhang, Yingjun, Bai, Bin, Lee, May, Alfiko, Yuzer, Suwanto, Antonius, Yue, Gen Hua
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: EgGDSL Gene; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences; Oil Palm
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88400; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45760
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.) is a key tropical oil crop, which provides over one third of the global vegetable oil production, but few genes related to oil yield have been characterized. In this study, a GDSL esterase/lipase gene, which was significantly associated with oil content, was isola...