Mouse fat storage-inducing transmembrane protein 2 (FIT2) promotes lipid droplet accumulation in plants

Yingqi Cai,Elizabeth McClinchie,Ann Price,Thuy Nd Nguyen,Satinder K. Gidda,Samantha C. Watt,Olga Yurchenko,Sunjung Park,Drew Sturtevant,Robert T. Mullen,John M. Dyer,Kent D. Chapman

Mouse fat storage-inducing transmembrane protein 2 (FIT2) promotes lipid droplet accumulation in plants

2017

Yingqi Cai
Elizabeth McClinchie
Ann Price
Thuy Nd Nguyen
Satinder K. Gidda
Samantha C. Watt
Olga Yurchenko
Sunjung Park
Drew Sturtevant
Robert T. Mullen
John M. Dyer
Kent D. Chapman

This article discusses the test of the function of FIT2 in plant cells by ectopically expressing mouse (Mus musculus) FIT2 in Nicotiana tabacum suspension-cultured cells, Nicotiana benthamiana leaves and Arabidopsis thaliana plants.

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Biology
Botany
Arabidopsis thaliana
TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 2
Nicotiana benthamiana
Plant cell
Nicotiana tabacum
Lipid droplet
Endoplasmic reticulum
Biochemistry
Cell biology
Lipid droplet accumulation

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