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Table 1 Overview of generated and analyzed transgenic A. thaliana plants

From: Plastidial wax ester biosynthesis as a tool to synthesize shorter and more saturated wax esters

Construct expressed (short name)

(βcon/gly: seed-specific promoters, 35S: 35S promoter)

Number of independent lines after herbicide treatment

Number of screened heterozygous lines by TLC (number of lines with increased WE amounts)

Plant lines used for further analysis

βcon::YFP-myc-MaFAR

gly::CFP-flag-MaWSD2

(MaFAR/MaWSD2)

18

T2 seeds: 17 (9)

‡§lines 2, 6, 17

βcon::cl-YFP-myc-MaFAR

gly::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD2

(clMaFAR/clMaWSD2)

85

T2 seeds: 36 (22)

‡§lines 11, 28, 35

βcon::YFP-myc-MaFAR

gly::CFP-flag-MaWSD5

(MaFAR/MaWSD5)

52

T2 seeds: 19 (16)

[9 (6) lines screened for [17], 10 (10) additional lines screened for this publication]

‡§lines 11, 12, 17

(lines 2, 4, 5, 7, 10 [17])

βcon::cl-YFP-myc-MaFAR

gly::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD5

(clMaFAR/clMaWSD5)

43

T2 seeds: 18 (12)

‡§lines 4, 12, 18

35S::cl-YFP-myc-MaFAR

35S::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD2

(35S::clMaFAR/35S::clMaWSD2)

72

T2 seeds: 22 (0)

T1 leaves: 5 (0)

†line 21

35S::cl-YFP-myc-MaFAR

35S::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD5

(35S::clMaFAR/35S::clMaWSD5)

56

T2 seeds: 23 (0)

T1 leaves: 9 (0)

†lines 18, 19, 23

gly::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD2

100

T2 seeds: 21 (0)

 

gly::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD5

95

T2 seeds: 21 (0)

 

35S::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD2

50

T2 seeds: 12 (0)

T1 leaves: 5 (0)

 

35S::cl-CFP-flag-MaWSD5

91

T2 seeds: 21 (0)

T1 leaves: 38 (0)

 
  1. (†Confocal microscopy
  2. ‡Western blot
  3. §Analysis of WE species and WE amounts by GC-FID and nanoESI-MS/MS)