Biology Reference
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Table 3.4
Genes and Promoters Cloned in Oil Palm
Gene or Promoter
Process Involved
Accession No.
Conclusion
Reference
1
Biotin carboxylase (accD); acetyl
Co-A carboxylase (ACCase)
Lipid accumulation
DQ004687 and
AAY86362
Oil palm yield is correlated with
expression level of accD gene
and biotin carboxylase (accC).
[71]
2
13 MADS-box genes of 5 families
SQUAMOSA, GLOBOSA,
AGAMOUS-like2, DEFICIENS
Flower formation
AF 411840-AF
411848
Specificity of MADS-box genes in
vegetative tissues floral organs
groups.
[72]
ABCDE model of flower structure.
3
Class I Knotted-like homeobox
(KNOX) transcription factors
OPKN1 (EgKnox1)
Shoot apical meristem
function
DQ890420
Different modes of leaf dissection
and leaf morphology.
[73]
4
Beta-carotene hydroxylase
(
Chyb
) enzyme of E.o
Carotenoid pathway
gene in American oil
palm
EU057623
51 fully conserved amino acid
residues in
Chyb
from the
flowering (monocot and dicot)
plants and algal members,
EoChyb
cDNA sequence is
1414 bp in size.
[74]
5
AP2 domain AINTEGUMENTA-
like (AIL) and BABYBOOM
(BBM
)
Transcription factor
regulating somatic
embryogenesis
AY691196
cDNA of 1786 bp named EgAP2-1
in size
[75]
