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. 2012 Sep 14;160(3):1218–1236. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.203927

Table VI. Literature reports on transgenic events in rapeseed leading to an increase in seed oil content.

Reproduced data are percentages (weight/dry weight) total lipid, fatty acid, or TAG content in mature seeds.

Gene Wild-Type Oil or Fatty Acid Content Maximal Reported Change in Lipida Source of Data
%
Overexpression of homomeric acetyl-CoA carboxylase 38.4 +10.4 Roesler et al. (1997); Table I
Overexpression of a yeast sn-2 acyltransferase (SLC1-1) with lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity 33.9 +7.4 Zou et al. (1997); Table VI
Overexpression of a yeast sn-2 acyltransferase (SLC1-1) with lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity (field trial) 41.5 +5.6 Taylor et al. (2002); Table I
Overexpression of rapeseed diacylglycerol acyltransferase1 (DGAT1) 30.1 +4.1 Weselake et al. (2008); Table III
41.5 +5.8 Figure 1
Seed-specific overexpression of yeast glycerol-3-P dehydrogenase 21.7 +5.7 Vigeolas et al. (2007); Figure 2b
Seed-specific expression of rapeseed leafy cotyledon1 (LEC1) and a LEC1-like protein 35.6 +7.2 Tan et al. (2011); Table I
a

Most studies report results for multiple independent transgenic lines. The highest increase relative to the wild type (absolute percentage) is reproduced.

b

The original published data were converted to units of percentage (weight/dry weight).