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Tammy Francis

Plant Biotechnology Institute

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Tammy Francis

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Plant Biotechnology InstituteUniversity of AlbertaAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaUniversity of British ColumbiaNational Research Council Canada
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Tammy Francis is an author at Plant Biotechnology Institute specializing in medicine, genetics, and genetic engineering.

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Cloning and characterization of an acyl‐CoA‐dependent <i>diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1</i> (<i>DGAT1</i>) gene from <i>Tropaeolum majus</i>, and a study of the functional motifs of the DGAT protein using site‐directed mutagenesis to modify enzyme activity and oil content

Jingyu Xu, Tammy Francis, Elzbieta Mietkiewska,

Plant Biotechnology Journal

2008

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Molecular modification of triacylglycerol accumulation by over-expression of<i>DGAT1</i>to produce canola with increased seed oil content under field conditionsThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue from the National Research Council of Canada – Plant Biotechnology Institute.

David C. Taylor, Yan Zhang, Arvind Kumar,

Botany

2009

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<i>Brassica carinata</i> – a new molecular farming platform for delivering bio‐industrial oil feedstocks: case studies of genetic modifications to improve very long‐chain fatty acid and oil content in seeds

David C. Taylor, Kevin C. Falk, C. Don Palmer,

Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining

2010

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Increase in nervonic acid content in transformed yeast and transgenic plants by introduction of a Lunaria annua L. 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase (KCS) gene

Yiming Guo, Elzbieta Mietkiewska, Tammy Francis,

Plant Molecular Biology

2008

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Molecular cloning and characterization of a <i>KCS</i> gene from <i>Cardamine graeca</i> and its heterologous expression in <i>Brassica</i> oilseeds to engineer high nervonic acid oils for potential medical and industrial use

David C. Taylor, Tammy Francis, Yiming Guo,

Plant Biotechnology Journal

2009

92

Triacylglycerol synthesis by PDAT1 in the absence of DGAT1 activity is dependent on re-acylation of LPC by LPCAT2

Jingyu Xu, Anders S. Carlsson, Tammy Francis,

BMC Plant Biology

2012

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Palliser's promise: Brassica carinata, An emerging western Canadian crop for delivery of new bio-industrial oil feedstocks

Elizabeth‐France Marillia, Tammy Francis, Kevin C. Falk,

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

2013

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Hairpin-RNA mediated silencing of endogenous FAD2 gene combined with heterologous expression of Crambe abyssinica FAE gene causes an increase in the level of erucic acid in transgenic Brassica carinata seeds

Elzbieta Mietkiewska, Travis Hoffman, Jennifer M. Brost,

Molecular Breeding

2008

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Genetic characterization of type II Fusarium head blight resistance derived from transgressive segregation in a cross between Eastern and Western Canadian spring wheat

Wentao Zhang, Tammy Francis, Peng Gao,

Molecular Breeding

2018

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Cloning and Characterization of a Constitutive Lysophosphatidic Acid Acyltransferase 2 (LPAT2) Gene from Tropaeolum majus L~!2009-07-22~!2009-09-25~!2010-03-12~!

David C. Taylor, Tammy Francis, Sharla Lozinsky,

The Open Plant Science Journal

2010

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